Using
the film Blade Runner for GCSE English.
Roy - replicant; arch
villain 
who transforms into a heroic and noble figure by allowing Deckard to live;
He knows
how painful it is to be a slave and to live in fear of death ...
;
some have suggested he is even a replicant himself; prepared to kill women
(Zhora and Pris); aggressive at times to Rachael yet goes off with her in
the end;
Rachael - femma fatale
who wakens Deckard's sympathetic character,
ironically she is a replicant bringing out human characteristics in a human;
seems composed and assured as secretary to Tyrrell; kills Leon to save Deckard's
life.
shooting
Holden and trying to kill Deckard; craves his photographs which he has left
in his flat; subservient to Roy;
Zhora - the snake
woman - a charmer ;
she dies shot and smashing through plate glass windows surrounded by mannequins
Pris - plays the lost girl to seduce Sebastian; tender feelings towards
Roy; tries to kill Deckard
but dies in thrashing agony
Gaff - enigmatic;
may be a minder for Deckard ;
leaves origami signs to show he has visited
by Roy in terrible frustrated revenge.
Sebastian - lost and
lonely genetics engineer; a plot device to get the replicants in touch with
Tyrell one Pris and Roy persuade him that they are his friends; surround himself
with mechanical toys,
replaced only by the brief meeting with Pris. Ironically he suffers from Methuselah's
disease which means he ages rapidly - so he has something in common with the
replicants.
cyborg, n. a person whose physiological functioning is aided by or dependent upon a mechanical or electronic device.
robot,
n. a mechanical and/or electronic device for performing a task
which
might otherwise be done by a human. A robot may, but need not, have human
shape
android, n. an automaton that resembles a human being
replicant, n. an android created biologically but artificially