CSCT 3D03 Lecture 2: Lecture Two- The Island of Dr. Moreau (Jan.9)

• School: McMaster University
• Department: Cultural Studies and Critical Theory
• Course: CSCT 3D03
• Professor: Philip Savage

Document Summary

Human and animal rights did not exist yet. Prendick(cid:495)s life is changed drastically and his certainties about life are shaken. Meling-> is brutalized, misshapen creature, no love for him by humans; he doesn(cid:495)t. Violence over survival-> survival of the fittest, reduced to being animalistic because of the shipwreck. Fears in these moments on the boat, objective stance of his fears and horror. His fears become familiar to him and that is scarier see them as being too cruel. Faces making us feel uneasy in movies, dolls or robots that are terrifyingly realistic. Darwinism-> he put them on a level, showed evolution, a continuum. The horror genre of film, literature and videogame depends on the uncanny. In the island of doctor moreau the categories of human and animal have both been destabilized. > noted that species may regenerate and human degenerations. Morlocks hunt the alloys and animals will be the only ones left. He still speaks as though they are humans.