By the time the characters of Safie and her family are introduced in Chapter XIV, it is clear that Frankenstein is a novel composed of narratives within narratives: Robert Walton is writing a letter to his sister in which Victor Frankenstein is narrating his creature’s narration of Safie’s story!
In your view, how does this labyrinthine narrative structure impact the novel’s commentary on one (or more) of its major themes or messages? Why do you think Mary Shelley constructs the story in this way? And what makes Safie’s story at all relevant to the conflict between Victor Frankenstein and his monstrous creation?
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