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Often in literature, the structure significantly contributes to the development of the meaning of the work as a whole. Such is the case with Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. However, in the case of Shelley, it can also be argued that while the frame narrative structure adds much to the evil doctor’s telling of the tragic events of his life, it also detracts from the reliability of the story, and brings into question the bias of the narrative voice. Throughout the novel, Frankenstein, as one of the narrators of the frame story, makes clear his implicit contempt for his Creature, based on an assessment of the Creature’s evil appearance and vengeful nature. However, upon examining the methods in which these opinions are delivered to the reader through the mutli-layered narrative structure of the novel, I argue that we as the reader have very good reason to question Frankenstein’s truthful retelling of the story, and furthermore to question all of his observations of the Creature’s evil demeanor. With these observations now existing in a somewhat obscured light, we are then further able to question the societal norms of beauty and splendor upheld by Frankenstein which allow this Creature to be ostracized by all of society a