Some questions that may help you with your essay on Frankenstein:
-On the topic "Playing God":
-Why is Victor an "overreacher"? What is the price he has to pay for that?
-Are cloning or genetic engineering current examples of man´s overreaching?
-Is it ethical to design human beings? If you could, would you want to have perfect children? Would a perfect human being still be human? What is perfection?
-On the topic "All that glitters is not gold (and viceversa)":
-Who is the only person who doesn´t reject Frankenstein´s creature? Why? (think of Javier A. in his team´s film)
-Is appearance important? Do we prejudge people just because of it?
-Beauty is far more than skin deep. Do you agree?
-On the topic "Are humans (some of them) born evil or are they made evil by society?"
-If Frankenstein´s creature hadn´t been rejected, would he have killed so many people?
-Can education change a person for the better? Does our background determine our future completely?
-Are you aware that you can create "monsters" when despising or bullying others?
-On the topic "Nature vs Science":
-Is man in his quest for improving our existence on Earth going too far? Can progress mean the destruction of the Earth? When should progress stop?
-Do we really need so many energy-consuming machines and electronic devices?
-Why don´t we just accept life as it is and assume ageing, illness and death as natural stages in that process?
-Would you like to live longer? Maybe forever? Why?
-On the topic "The obsession for knowledge":
-What do Walton and Victor Frankenstein have in common?
-"Curiosity killed the cat", they say. Do you agree?
-What´s the point in learning so many things at school?
-Can knowledge be fun?
(Some questions can be used in several topics)
“How dangerous is the acquirement of knowledge and how much happier that man is who believes his native town to be the world, than he who aspires to be greater than his nature will allow.” (Mary Shelley, Frankenstein, or the modern Prometheus)
