... also be seen that whilst a Marxist reader would imply the economic benefits alone would enable reproducibility, that also popular consumption and reception of the text, brings it classical status. Furthermore, it should be understood that whilst an unrepresentative sample of texts in the canon would not be acceptable today ... to the reader or by patriotism of the institution of education. The import of which should not be overlooked in the process of the text becoming canonic, "there is an organisation of opinion, which may either facilitate or inhibit the individuals manner in doing int...

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... . These texts in time not only warn previous societies, but through insights into human experience, offer caution to modern day audiences. Mary Shelley's gothic, seminal science fiction text "Frankenstein" depicts the enlightening scientific world during the Industrial Revolution, where its frame narrative cautions about the negative connotations involved with unnatural science. "Frankenstein" ... ; is allegorical for the technologically changed era, where the creation rebels against its creator; the application of science leading to unintended dire consequences. An influential zeitge...

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... both predict a world where humanity has lost its way and has been profoundly manipulate by science and technology; worlds where nature has no influence on humanity. Through the study of text from different historical and cultural background, it can be seen that the issue dealt in texts are greatly influenced by the context in which they were created. The context of ... were becoming increasing aware of the effects of industrialisation such as pollution, acid rain, global warming, as well as overpopulation and extinction of animal species. To the responder today, the text merely serves a...

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... world, raising contextual concerns of the ecological consequences of humanity's obsession with aggrandisement through economic domination fostered by Reaganomic policies of industrial deregulation. Thus, despite the varying values of the text's contexts, the overreaching desire for progress over the natural world remains a constant trait permeating human nature. The ambiguity of human identity is examined in both texts, exposing the ongoing concern ... ...

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... his novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and the same question Ridley Scott asked when he took on the project of filming Blade Runner, the movie based on that text. This paper looks strictly at the director's cut of Blade Runner as though this is the movie Scott intended to make (as he has said). To say the movie is ... ...

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Mise-en-scene as defined by our text book is the directors control over what appears in the film frame, by controlling what appears he actually stages the event for the camera. Blade Runner is an excellent film ... ...

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... which the product is not shown, and the primary intent is to convey a sense of knowing or hipness. Often these ads use codes of hyperrealism to create this effect. A hyperreal text is one that seems to be saying "this is real, take note of that!"" (Sturken and Cartwright 2002, pg 271) Teaser campaigns use this concept revealing very little about the ... ...

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... v/s [that is, computer simulation and visualization technology.]" (Landon 1992: 149) Thus, this new kind of scientific information of viewing the space in electronic culture has now changed from a "context" to a "text". (Landon 1992: 149) Additionally, while special effects can be so powerful that they can generate a new type of scientific information, "computer animations [also] challenge us to rethink our relation to ... ...

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... how the contexts (situation that it is set in) of the texts have shaped their form and meaning. Of more interest, perhaps, is a comparison of the values associated with each text. To what extent has this point of view been your experience in your study of Transformations OR In the Wild? Ridley Scott's Blade Runner and Aldous Huxley's Brave New World ... ...

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