Robots, Humans and Mothers: Reading Cassandra as Gothic
| Author |
| Aparajita Hazra |
| Date of Publication: June, 2026 |
| Volume: XXIII |
| DOI:10.65734/tgi.ssei.avp.ijcsss.ti.23.11 |
| Abstract |
| The notion of the ‘Human’ has always remained open-ended. Ever since the strains of the Aufklarung foregrounded intellection and scientific progress, the boundaries of the ‘Human’ have been stretched. The nexus between humans and machines and Artificial Intelligence is one open-ended site of interface that rouses marvel and awe as much as it rouses fear—fear of the unknown. This paper will focus on Cassandra, a German webseries that showcases such a connection between humans and machines. The eponymous robot in the series, built by humans to aide humans in making life easier, turns into a monster, begins to take over, as ‘mother’, the control of the family it is supposed to serve, incarcerating, harming and finally threatening to kill them in the process. Cont… |
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