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    Frankenstein and bladerunner - disagreeing with the syllabus

    To hell with this thread, I say! No more ENGLISH EVER!!! OMG!! Best day of my life! Haha. :D
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    If you hate English, you must post here in celebration

    Haha, TOUCHE! Absolutely STOKED about not having Engish EVER again!! :D
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    Frankenstein and Blade Runner... Who's glad to see the end of it?

    Absolutely woeful question. I just.. well, attempted to bullshit. Doubt it worked but oh well. NO MORE ENGLISH AGAIN EVER!!! :D
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    Frankenstein and bladerunner - disagreeing with the syllabus

    I just found my assignment sheet for this module from earlier in the year. The question is: How do Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, composed in different times and context, reflect changing values and perspectives? I guess, this is an example of question which...
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    Frankenstein and bladerunner - disagreeing with the syllabus

    Yeah, although values of love and friendship is also evident in Blade Runner since you see the response from Roy when Pris is killed. But yes, these values aren't shown by the actual humans in Blade Runner, unlike in Frankenstein, with Victor as an exception of course..
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    Frankenstein and bladerunner - disagreeing with the syllabus

    And yes, 'MAY' is the centre of gravity for these two texts, haha. (Yes, I did steal that wording from one of the texts in Area of Study yesterday :-p ) I discovered that yesterday when I first found this thread, so yes, 'sall good, I understand it all now, just gotta study it. :) I don't...
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    Frankenstein and bladerunner - disagreeing with the syllabus

    Well, the Module is 'Comparative Study of Texts and Context' so obviously we'd have to refer to context. Also, the rubric states, "By considering the texts in their contexts and comparing values, ideas and language forms and features, students come to a heightened understanding of the meaning...
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    Frankenstein and bladerunner - disagreeing with the syllabus

    But I'm confused as to how you CAN agree with the syllabus, well, fully anyways, since the two main differences are that Frankenstein shows a world that values nature, while Blade Runner doesn't. Personally, I can't see many more differences except that perhaps Blade Runner is perhaps.. more...
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    Frankenstein and bladerunner - disagreeing with the syllabus

    Thanks for this, guys. I've been struggling with this module in the same regard. I understand that the world and the culture that are presented in each text reflect changing values and perspectives, but nothing much else. The morals and ethics in my opinion are very similar. However, question...
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