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... Freinkel copywrite 2003 Conquering (Our) Nature . ... “I not only think that we will tamper with mother nature, I think mother nature wants us to. ... As multiple interpretations of Hamlet’s tale collide with the modern reality of an e-world, Gatlin’s quote and the endurance of these qualities throughout time suggest that this desire to manipulate and dominate lies inescapably embedded within human nature. ... Gatlin’s quote suggests that it is not only human to manipulate nature, but that it is a part of nature’s inherent evolutionary design that we alter her original scheme. ... In The Winter’s Tale, Polixenes discusses the naturalness of man’s manipulation of nature, exemplified by the art of grafting in horticulture: . ... This is an art which does mend nature – change it rather; but The art itself is nature. (The Winter’s Tale 4:4:92-97) Our ability to do so, to not only adapt to but to change our environment, consequently explains our dominion over nature. Telescopically, the range of our domain has moved from conquering nature to ascending above science and the human mind. ... Manipulation of science and nature can be seen at its extreme in the 1997 production of Gattaca by writer/director Niccol. ... Perhaps the underlying message throughout each of these tales is that the natural human obsession with conquering all, be it nature, science, language, or imagination, can only escalate out of hand until the bubble bursts. |
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