English Literature / Unit 13 ENL 1227 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Frankenstein: Frame and Creature
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The idea
Frankenstein is a frame narrative: the explorer Robert Walton writes letters to his sister, inside which Victor tells his story, inside which the creature tells his own. The creature pleads, "I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel," and "misery made me a fiend."
In practice
Letters, a confession, the creature's voice.
Where people slip
The creature's eloquence complicates "monster."
Your place on the trail
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