Part 1: Short answer
1) Frame Narrative in Frankenstein:
A Frame Narrative, known as a story within a story, is where two or more points of view are represented in a literary work. In the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses a frame narrative to introduce the character of Victor Frankenstein and show the readers the different points of view of the two main characters. The use of this literary technique makes the reader question who they should trust; the creature or Frankenstein. After the creature explains his side of the story it causes the reader to wonder who is really at fault in this novel. Through the use of this technique the author shows that there is more than one side to every story and the first perspective that is presented …show more content…
The initial kindness of the creature is shown when the he is trying to convince Frankenstein to listen to his story and he try’s to appeal to his creator’s sense of compassion by saying “I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity:” (pg. 78). In this line the creature is talking about his character traits soon after he was born. This was before he realized his state of isolation which was set into motion by the abandonment of his creator. Before his complete isolation the creature was no monster, in fact, he was quite the opposite he was innately good and felt nothing but love for others. However, this pleasant disposition did not last, after many disappointments at the hands of those who he only sought to befriend, Frankenstein’s creature snapped. “For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them” (pg. 113). This quote show’s a great change from the first. The creature has gone from loving and kind to vengeful. After being left by his creator the creature was forced to endure a cruel world that showed him nothing but animosity. He became a monster, capable of murdering an innocent child, not by birth but by the cruelness he was shown by an unfamiliar world. The creature …show more content…
The narrator’s imprisonment is similar to the situation’s of all women during the time period this poem is set in. Women during this time period were treated as inferior’s and were trapped in gender roles just as the narrator is. Along with the reference to children that is quoted above the narrator also states “The paint and paper look as if a boys' school had used it.” The fact that the narrator keeps making connection’s with the room she is staying in as a child’s room associates her with children. Which alludes to the way that her husband as well as most husband’s during that time period treated their wives like children. The narrator uses the line “One a those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin” to describe the wallpaper. The word choice in this sentence scream’s feminism. The word flamboyant was commonly used to describe flappers. Also, by saying “every artistic sin” the narrator point’s to the way that feminist’s were considered sinner’s by most society as a whole just for expressing
1) Frame Narrative in Frankenstein:
A Frame Narrative, known as a story within a story, is where two or more points of view are represented in a literary work. In the novel, Frankenstein, Mary Shelley uses a frame narrative to introduce the character of Victor Frankenstein and show the readers the different points of view of the two main characters. The use of this literary technique makes the reader question who they should trust; the creature or Frankenstein. After the creature explains his side of the story it causes the reader to wonder who is really at fault in this novel. Through the use of this technique the author shows that there is more than one side to every story and the first perspective that is presented …show more content…
The initial kindness of the creature is shown when the he is trying to convince Frankenstein to listen to his story and he try’s to appeal to his creator’s sense of compassion by saying “I was benevolent; my soul glowed with love and humanity:” (pg. 78). In this line the creature is talking about his character traits soon after he was born. This was before he realized his state of isolation which was set into motion by the abandonment of his creator. Before his complete isolation the creature was no monster, in fact, he was quite the opposite he was innately good and felt nothing but love for others. However, this pleasant disposition did not last, after many disappointments at the hands of those who he only sought to befriend, Frankenstein’s creature snapped. “For the first time the feelings of revenge and hatred filled my bosom, and I did not strive to control them” (pg. 113). This quote show’s a great change from the first. The creature has gone from loving and kind to vengeful. After being left by his creator the creature was forced to endure a cruel world that showed him nothing but animosity. He became a monster, capable of murdering an innocent child, not by birth but by the cruelness he was shown by an unfamiliar world. The creature …show more content…
The narrator’s imprisonment is similar to the situation’s of all women during the time period this poem is set in. Women during this time period were treated as inferior’s and were trapped in gender roles just as the narrator is. Along with the reference to children that is quoted above the narrator also states “The paint and paper look as if a boys' school had used it.” The fact that the narrator keeps making connection’s with the room she is staying in as a child’s room associates her with children. Which alludes to the way that her husband as well as most husband’s during that time period treated their wives like children. The narrator uses the line “One a those sprawling flamboyant patterns committing every artistic sin” to describe the wallpaper. The word choice in this sentence scream’s feminism. The word flamboyant was commonly used to describe flappers. Also, by saying “every artistic sin” the narrator point’s to the way that feminist’s were considered sinner’s by most society as a whole just for expressing