Theme of Being Trapped In "The Menagerie"

In the last episode of Star Trek we watched we see that Captain Pike is trapped by the Talosians and he can only relive memories through fabrications the Talosians put him through. Still in his present state he trapped and cannot communicate with anyone else except through 'yes' or 'no' signals. Similarly the Talosians are trapped within their own 'narcotic' of studying other species through their memories. Because of their dreaming they don't rebuild their civilizations. There seem to be a common theme of being trapped within this two part episode and I was wondering what you guys thought of this and if the episode contains any messages of how to escape being trapped. Or any thoughts in general of what the rest of the mission Spock has brought the Enterprise on entails (I really don't know why they are going to Talos IV).

Star Trek!

So recently in class, we've been watching the Star Trek episode Acts one and two. As far as I can remember, the class discussion concerning it was to relate the Frankenstein's monster to Captain Kirk and to Spock. And few people have mentioned how Spock resembles the monster in a sense that both had “gotten out of line by expressing free will” and also Dr. Tiff pointed out that Captain Kirk and the monster are alike in a sense because the world around them had shunned them. I forgot the name, but that one captain who seemed to be in charge of everything just didn’t even want to hear from Spock and Kirk. Is Spock being Vulcan and Kirk being in a condition of only answering yes or no questions really any reason to treat them the way they had been treated?

Morality and Science

On Monday we had discussed if the creation of the monster was moral or not. This topic got me interested on what exactly goes through a scientist's mind as they design/create an experiment. For instance, I personally think that the monster was created with the right idea in mind, however the aftereffects of having a monster were not fully thought out. This is also true for several inventions, such guns. They were created with good intentions, but their actual use was not intended. Some scientists might not realize the outcome of their inventions, as was the case with the atom bomb. Do you think that scientists generally try to make their inventions with man kind's well being in mind? Or, do you think scientists are more focused on their fame and glory rather than the invention's outcome?