What is a Frame Story

This is a short description of a frame story (framing device, or framing narrative). It offers examples and explanations of frames stories from movies (A Princess Bride and Titanic) and examples from literature:
Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales
Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights)
"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
"The Decameron" by Giovanni Boccaccio
"Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bronte
"The Scarlet Letter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"MAUS" by Art Spiegelman

[remikid]

well, when the you mentioned titanic, it does help me to understand better. thank you for the explanation. 👍🏻

[jonaweber]

thank you for this explantion, was really struggeling to wrap my head around this

[sadbutaesthetic]

thank you so much! this video is well explain, easy to understand and useful ❤

[wxafyy]

this is so helpful especially because i have my english final exam tomorrow 🙏