English Essay Practise #1
You have studied two texts composed at different times.
When you compared these texts and their contexts, how was your understanding of each text developed and reshaped? (HSC 2003)

Understanding of these two texts may be developed and reshaped with the further analysis into what context and values they both have in common, whether they are contain similarities or differences. Such texts which can be compared is Blade Runner is a film created by Wrigley Scott which was released in 1982, more than a century after the world renowned novel of Frankenstein written by Mary Shelley in 1818. With such concerning issues as technology advances and their impacts on the environment, class structures and the language styles and techniques used to convey these messages. Developing and reshaping a clearer and more concise understanding enhances the ideas and meanings within each text.
As the creature from within the novel, Frankenstein, is created from the, what was seen as, advanced technology in a new way of writing and thinking was created for the audience of the 19th century. The ability to create life in a way which was deemed impossible, unrealistic and yet completely compelling to those which were exposed to this style of gothic horror fiction. This reflects on the time period of Mary Shelley although was not a typical way writers were expected to write and to appease their particular audiences. This developed my understanding of the technology and writing styles which became of further importance to the society making this book so widely popular with not only the audience of that century but of many centuries to come. With gothic horror a genre of fiction that was not commonly used in the 1800’s this widened my understanding of the story itself and the importance of the information it provides. These new and unconventional ways of conveying