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Narrative Distancing
Narrative Distancing
Narrative Distancing
Even though the narratives are embedded into one another, there is also a sense of narrative distancing between each voice.
Narrative distancing
Narrative distancing
- Even though the narratives are embedded into one another, there is also a sense of narrative distancing between each voice.
- This is especially true of our first extradiegetic narrator of Walton as we delve into the world of Victor.
Contextual distancing
Contextual distancing
- Shelley uses narrative distancing to distance her own voice from the text (with the patriarchal Georgian society disenfranchising female voices).
Victor's distancing
Victor's distancing
- Shelley uses narrative distancing to reflect the literal geographic distances that the reader travels in this journey.
- It also reflects the moral and ethical distancing Victor places between himself and his family and wider society, including the world of science.
The creature's distancing
The creature's distancing
- The narrative distancing also helps to signal the alterity of the creature and his alienation from the De Lacey family, from Victor and from society in general.
1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
5.2Chapters
5.2.1Chapters 1-2
5.2.2Chapters 3-4
5.2.3Chapters 5-6
5.2.4Chapters 7-9
5.2.5Chapters 10-11
5.2.6Chapters 12-15
5.2.7Chapters 16-19
5.2.8Chapters 20-23
5.2.9Chapter 24 & Walton’s Last Letters
5.2.10End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6
5.2.11End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-15
5.2.12End of Topic Test - Chapters 16-23
5.2.13End of Topic Test - Chapter 24 & Walton's Letters
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1Narrative Structure
2Character Summaries
2.1Walton & Frankenstein
2.3Elizabeth, Justine & Henry
3Intertextuality & Allusions
3.1Intertextual References
3.2Philosophical & Scientific Theories
4Biographic Context
5Chapter Summaries
5.2Chapters
5.2.1Chapters 1-2
5.2.2Chapters 3-4
5.2.3Chapters 5-6
5.2.4Chapters 7-9
5.2.5Chapters 10-11
5.2.6Chapters 12-15
5.2.7Chapters 16-19
5.2.8Chapters 20-23
5.2.9Chapter 24 & Walton’s Last Letters
5.2.10End of Topic Test - Chapters 1-6
5.2.11End of Topic Test - Chapters 7-15
5.2.12End of Topic Test - Chapters 16-23
5.2.13End of Topic Test - Chapter 24 & Walton's Letters
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