Frankenstein
Jaron Brownlee
02/15/14
Composition 2
TH
A narrative is any account of connected events, presented to a reader or listener in a sequence of written or spoken words, or in a sequence of pictures. There are three different narratives in Frankenstein. Shelley, the author, uses something called a "framing device" and "epistolary" narration. A framing device is used when someone's story is told through someone who reads it or hears it. Epistolary narration is when a story is told through letters or documents. The three narrators were Captain Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and the monster. This is important because we get three different looks into the same story. The three perspectives allow us to form our own opinions about the story. The first narrator introduced is Robert Walton, who, as a neutral party is able to give the reader a sense of objectivity and reliability. The author used a device called the epistolary form through which Walton relates what has happened through a series of letters written to his sister. Walton's letters appear at the beginning and the end of the story, framing the main body of the story which is told by Victor Frankenstein and the monster. Victor Frankenstein is the second narrator to tell the story in the book. He gives us background on his own childhood and upbringing and the events which led to his fateful creation of the monster. The monster himself then interrupts Victor's narrative to tell his own story, after which Victor once again resumes the tale, describing what transpires until the very end, when the narrative is returned to Walton, who provides the conclusion. The third and final narrator is The Monster. The Monster was created by Victor to try to try to better mankind. However, others might say he created the monster to be god like. Even though The Monster didn’t have a lot of narrative, time he knew of Victor through reading Victor letters. Although Walton, Victor and the monster might seem different
02/15/14
Composition 2
TH
A narrative is any account of connected events, presented to a reader or listener in a sequence of written or spoken words, or in a sequence of pictures. There are three different narratives in Frankenstein. Shelley, the author, uses something called a "framing device" and "epistolary" narration. A framing device is used when someone's story is told through someone who reads it or hears it. Epistolary narration is when a story is told through letters or documents. The three narrators were Captain Walton, Victor Frankenstein, and the monster. This is important because we get three different looks into the same story. The three perspectives allow us to form our own opinions about the story. The first narrator introduced is Robert Walton, who, as a neutral party is able to give the reader a sense of objectivity and reliability. The author used a device called the epistolary form through which Walton relates what has happened through a series of letters written to his sister. Walton's letters appear at the beginning and the end of the story, framing the main body of the story which is told by Victor Frankenstein and the monster. Victor Frankenstein is the second narrator to tell the story in the book. He gives us background on his own childhood and upbringing and the events which led to his fateful creation of the monster. The monster himself then interrupts Victor's narrative to tell his own story, after which Victor once again resumes the tale, describing what transpires until the very end, when the narrative is returned to Walton, who provides the conclusion. The third and final narrator is The Monster. The Monster was created by Victor to try to try to better mankind. However, others might say he created the monster to be god like. Even though The Monster didn’t have a lot of narrative, time he knew of Victor through reading Victor letters. Although Walton, Victor and the monster might seem different