1) Narrative Frame: Mary Shelley uses a memorable “framing device” (a kind of story within a story technique featuring “book end” components at the start and finish of the narrative). What is the value of the device here? What connects Walton and Frankenstein? How do the themes of the book emerge in the framing device?
2) Science: Shelley traces Victor Frankenstein’s intellectual development in detail . What are the key features and stages of that development? What light do they shed on his actions later in the story?
