The comparison of Mary Shelley's 1818 novel Frankenstein, and Ridley Scott's 1992 film, Blade Runner, facilitates the examination of transforming societal values and the human condition. ... In Frankenstein, Shelley explores the transgression of the natural order in the Romantic ideal by humanity's ongoing pursuit of progress and knowledge, a consequence of the Enlightenment Era and the Industrial Revolution. ... Furthermore, while in Frankenstein nature is idealised and a counterpoint to Victor's scientific endeavours, Blade Runner is devoid of natural landscapes, and ...

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"Frankenstein" is allegorical for the technologically changed era, where the creation rebels against its creator; the application of science leading to unintended dire consequences. ... " Like Victor in "Frankenstein", oppression clouds realism in the corporate powered society by questioning what it is to be human and the effect of human experience. ... In "Frankenstein," Victor's morally ambiguous "Monster" seeks justice and understanding to his senseless existence, where repetition "What was I?... Both Mary Shelley's "Frankenst...

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