Mary Shellys Frankenstein please make a circle FRAME

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Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein -please make a circle

Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein -please make a circle

FRAME STORIES Mary Shelly chooses an interesting way to tell her story that not

FRAME STORIES Mary Shelly chooses an interesting way to tell her story that not everyone may be familiar with. Instead of beginning her story as we might expect she uses a literary technique called a frame story. A frame story is a kind of story within a story. The frame story leads readers from a first story into another one.

FRAME STORIES One reason for using a frame story is to change the reader's

FRAME STORIES One reason for using a frame story is to change the reader's attitude toward the tale: Because the narrator is a character within the frame story the reader is encouraged to think about the type of person the narrator is. Consider things like their truthfulness, their biases and their reasons for telling the story.

FRAME STORIES Another use is where the writer puts the readers' possible reactions to

FRAME STORIES Another use is where the writer puts the readers' possible reactions to the story in the characters listening to it: The narrator can also engage the reader's interest by “telling” the story. The Princess Bride has the frame of a grandfather reading the story to his reluctant grandson.

FRAME STORIES The plot of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a succession of framed narratives.

FRAME STORIES The plot of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a succession of framed narratives. The 1 st frame is created by Robert Walton’s letters. In the 2 nd frame, Walton takes notes on the story Victor tells him. Within Victor’s story is the story of the

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