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It is called a frame. A frame is a literary device in which one narrative is contained within another, the outer frame being used to in some way set the scene for the other. A frame has nothing to ...
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It is called a frame. A frame is a literary device in which one narrative is contained within another, the outer frame being used to in some way set the scene for the other. A frame has nothing to do with person or POV directly, but it is not unlikely that the frame and the narrative it frames may be told in a different person. Examples of frames include: - _Heart of Darkness_, which includes a double frame. - _The Princess Bride_, which if framed by the Grandfather telling the story to the Grandson. - Any of the many found manuscript tales that seemed to be popular in the 19th century. - _A Thousand and One Nights_, in which Scheherazade tells cliffhanger stories to avoid being killed each night. - _Canterbury tales_ - _Frankenstein_, in which the story is told through the device of letters relating a story told to the writer of the letters. - _Amadeus_, in which the story is told in the form of Salieri's confession.
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