Robot Primus and Robot Helena
Robot Primus and Robot Helena don't have much to do as characters. They only show up at the tail end of the play, and they don't do a ton except fall in love and then talk about falling in love. Th...
Old Rossum, Young Rossum
Old Rossum and Young Rossum aren't characters in the play as much as stand-ins for different approaches to modernity and faith. You could call them Old Atheism and Young Agnosticism if you wanted (...
Secret Formula
"Imagine not writing it all down!" Alquist exclaims (3.4). He can't believe that the scientists had only one copy of the formula for creating robots. And you know what? We just can't believe it eit...
Sterile Flowers
This is an obvious one. The sterile flowers that the supervisors give Helena represent the sterility of the robots. "Of course these flowers are infertile," Galls says. "You see, they are cultivate...