Frame Story

The novel Frankenstein has many stories within stories. There are three different instances where the narrator switches and is now another character. Robert Walton begins with letters to his sister, and his most recent letter is him telling her of his meeting with Victor Frankenstein. In the letter, in the meeting between Walton and victor, Victor tells Walton of his unfortunate story. The entire rest of the novel consists of Victor's story, but switches half way through to differnt narration and more letters from Elizabeth and Alphonse (Victor's father). In my opinion, the constant switching progresses the story much faster. With three different narrators, the audience is allowed to hear multiple voices and opinions throughout the story. It gives a more round realization of what exactly is occuring.