Frame Story

The creature of Mary Shelly's Frankenstein presents an excellent example of a frame story. He meets Frankenstein on a mountain while he is wallowing in despair of the recent events, William and Justine's deaths, for which he feels responsible. The creature insists that Frankenstein hear his story, which is of course the frame story in question. "Hear my tale; tibia long and strange..." The creature recounts for Victor all the events of his life from his creation to that point on the mountain. Many aspects of his story are quite amazing, like his ability to learn the human language on his own and furthermore to learn to read by eves dropping on lessons bein taught to someone else. The cresture's story also provides a lot if background information for precious events in the story as well as explanations for why the creature is the way he is. Is story explains the whole situation with William and Justine. It also allows the reader to understand the attitude and actions of the creature as they understand his past and upbringing.