Prometheus Justified: Blade Runner, Frankenstein and the Proper Usage of Violence

The human experience encompasses the entire emotional and spiritual spectrum of ideology. Violence is unfortunately a louder and more dramatic aspect of this expressive catalogue, and as ugly as it may be, man's brutality against man is one of his most defining aspects. In the case of the creature from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein and the replicants from Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, this violence takes on a role of complete dominance in the individual and essentially …

…should certainly not expect friendly reciprocation. <Tab/>Because society shuns the creatures in Blade Runner and Frankenstein, violent action is legitimate and even commendable as a response. According to the Discourse on Inequality, Leviathan, and The Book of Genesis, human nature does not apply to beings that are not viewed as human by their societies or that are viewed as imperfect, and as such seemingly inhuman behavior becomes entirely fair game.