Frankenstein
Who seeks to “break through” the boundary between life and death?
Victor Frankenstein
What is the basic goal of cryonic sleep?
preserving the body after legal death for possible future revival
What common goal links Victor Frankenstein’s experiment and cryonic sleep?
overcoming or postponing death through science
What is Victor’s greatest failure after creating life?
abandoning responsibility for his creature
What scientific assumption must cryonics rely on?
that future technology will be able to repair and revive preserved bodies
What ethical concern appears in both Victor’s experiment and cryonic sleep?
acting without fully understanding the consequences
What motivates Victor to pursue the creation of life more than helping humanity?
his desire for glory, ambition, and personal achievement
Why is cryonic sleep considered controversial within the scientific community?
that there is no current evidence that revival is possible, raising ethical concerns
How does Victor’s abandonment of the Creature parallel concerns about cryonic sleep?
that creators may avoid responsibility for outcomes they cannot control
Why is the lack of consent in Victor’s experiment central to Shelley’s ethical message?
creating life without consent dehumanizes the being created and leads to suffering
How does cryonic sleep challenge traditional definitions of death?
it treats death as a reversible or temporary state rather than a final one
How does Frankenstein serve as a warning for modern scientific practices like cryonic sleep?
that scientific ambition must be balanced with ethical responsibility and accountability