Discuss Frankenstein from a Darwinian perspective. this is my essay topic. but i don't have any idea. plz help me

This is an intriguing and difficult topic in that
Frankenstein was written several decades before Charles Darwin
conducted his famous research. However, this does not mean that one cannot analyze the
novel from a Darwinian perspective.

Two items stand out
immediately when one attempts to view the novel in this light. The first item concerns
Victor Frankenstein’s method of assembling the creature. Remember, Victor raids “charnel
houses”, “the dissecting room”, and “the slaughter house” for his materials to assemble
his creation. One might argue that Victor is selective in his choice of material;
otherwise, he would have simply attempted to reanimate one specific dead body. From the
Darwinian perspective, Victor’s collection method could be viewed as some form of
natural selection. If one connects this idea with the creature’s superhuman abilities,
one can arguably see a rudimentary form of evolution.

This
idea can be further discussed when one analyzes the second possible Darwinian item found
in the novel. The traditional Romantic view of the novel sees the creature as a lonely
individual in need of a friend and companion. After all this is the reason the creature
gives for wanting Victor to create a companion creature. However, Victor destroys the
second creature because he fears the result of the creatures’ union would be children.
Indeed, Victor fears that “a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth.”
 Clearly, Victor is viewing the situation from a scientific perspective, one that could
arguably be called Darwinian. Victor’s fear is that a race of creatures would “make the
very existence of the species of man a condition precarious.” In other words, a race of
creatures may replace the human species as the dominant life form on earth in a manner
similar to the Darwinian view of human evolution.

Further
items from the novel that may be relevant to this topic include the creature’s rapid
intellectual development and Robert Walton’s impression of the creature. More details of
the two primary concepts mentioned can be found in Chapters 4, 5, and 20 of the
novel.