Frankenstein- Blog 6

The sense of time in Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, is used very crucially. It is something that is kept in front of us, especially with the many stories within stories. In reality, we know that the stories are too detailed to be true, but we must not be stuck on that. We must acknowledge that this is a fiction story and that the stories are told in great detail but are told for the sole purpose of telling a good story. Furthermore, we have Walden writing his sister a letter with the story that Victor is telling him about the creature. On the mountains, Victor encounters the creature for the first time since the creature came to life. When meeting, Victor attacks but the creature wants only to tell Victor the reasoning and story behind his two years of life. "But I consented to listen, and seating myself by the fire which my odious companion had lighted, he thus began his tale" (Shelley, 70). With the start of this story, Victor begins recounting yet another story in his story to Walden's written story. (How confusing!) It is crucial for us to keep a sense of time within each story and for us to realize that all these events do not happen chronologically.