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A-level English Frankenstein and The Handmaid's Tale comparison essay: ‘Explore the ways in which your two writers introduce their novels’.

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  • June 6, 2023
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‘Explore the ways in which your two writers introduce their novels’

A comparison can be drawn between the ways in which Atwood and Shelley introduce their
novels. In ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Atwood makes use of the first-person narrative and liminal
voice to make the Gilead world significantly more believable to the reader. Similarly, Shelley
in ‘Frankenstein’ uses a frame narrative at the start of the novel, to make Victor’s story
more credible to readers through Walton’s narration, which achieves the same effect of
making the marvellous believable. Therefore, both Atwood and Shelley use their different
introductions to obtain a more believable story.

Atwood creates a more believable story with the use of the first-person narration, which
means that we can only know, and experience what Offred knows, experiences and
remembers. This increases suspense by delaying the telling of crucial facts. The liminal voice
used as Offred is only partly conditioned into being a Handmaid, again allows us to
understand her present experiences and compare it to her past, which we as readers can
relate more to than the dystopian society. Furthermore, the internal monologue reproduces
the usual disorganized nature of thinking and describes unusual things in a normal way. This
can be seen in…


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