Shelley’s narrative
The Other”. Shelley’s narrative is preoccupied with encounters between people
across radical difference. To the humans of Frankenstein, the Creature is a monster.
Consider how a novel represents difference and its effects, paying special attention to the
subtleties of point of view and narrative embedding. What kinds of differences are made
to matter, and which are ignored? Remember to consider carefully the ways us-them
distinctions can be reversed or overcome in these narratives.