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Mary Shelley, her husband, and another couple were vacationing in Switzerland when they got snowed in. To pass the time, they decided to have a contest. Each of them would write a horror tale. At the end of the weekend, everyone agreed that Mary’s story was the best. Shortly thereafter, the short book was published and, as they say, “the rest is history.”
Kids and teens may read Frankenstein, but most probably they watch either the original film adaptation or one of the awful remakes since then. At that age, they don’t “get” that there are some important themes in the work, and that Shelley’s tale had a lot to say about human nature and nature both.
Most science fiction authors have great stories but all of them have one other thing in common. They have very serious themes amongst the space visitors, the time travel, and the intriguing machinery and technology. If you study Frankenstein in college, you will undoubtedly receive a written assignment, either in the form of essay questions to answer or an essay itself. You must not get above the actual plot of the creation of a monster and take a look at the characters if you are to come up with good topic ideas for an essay on this work.
Here is a short list of some essay topic ideas:
Essays on the Themes
Other Essay Topics
You see, there are some important things to think about as you read and reflect on Frankenstein. We humans seem to race to conquer the next field of knowledge without first thinking of its long-term consequences. Perhaps artificial intelligence is our next “monster.”