Thursday, April 14, 2011

Guerry- Blade Runner


In the final scene, Roy throws us an emotional curveball as he saves Deckard in an unprecedented show of empathy. Previously known as the diabolical replicant leader, such an act is very contradictory to his normal attitudes. The movie is a fight between Roy and Deckard, with Roy struggling to find a way to extend his life past the given four years. Batty was upset that all his experiences and memories would be gone like tears in the rain.


The white dove that Roy releases at the end of the film is a symbol of peace. Roy saves Deckard's life to prove that replicants are good and not evil. It serves as a balance to weigh out the bad things he has done. The dove shows Roy's acceptance and content with his enumerated life span and that he has gained compassion, an emotion previously unidentified with replicants. By gaining compassion, Roy essentially becomes a human, as empathy for others is what makes us human in the first place.

1 comment:

  1. Your blogs are much too short and not fully developed. The dove is the also the symbol of the spirit. That is important because it shows Batty's humanity. You have to say "acceptance and contentment." Watch your grammar

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