Frankenstein Writing

For my paper I want to discuss the theme of intellectual blinders and the subsequent atrophy of other mental and emotional capacities. By relating and referencing the story, I'd talk discuss the causes of destructive and obsessive, monomaniacal intellectual focus, how this develops, and it's consequences. I also want to discuss in detail the loss of perspective as a positive feedback system, and what sorts of subjects can push someone down this slippery slope into mental decay. I'm not sure what the tone would be, whether I ever discuss the possible redemption of a character in this state.