'Frankenstein' by Mary Shelley is a Gothic novel and a science fiction that embodies the elements of suspense, secrecy and speculates the advances in science. As per the question, the literary technique that has been reflected in this excerpt is "flashback", as Victor reminisces his past days with his sister Elizabeth, his friends and also brings back the repressed memories of his mother through the horror of the monster. In fact, most of the story is narrated through Flashback. <em>The flashbacks add an authentic and first hand feel/touch to the science fiction like this. </em>
I would say many thing from life liberty and pursuit of happiness have come through freedom of newspapers talking about government issues or thoughts many books about openly opinionated articles were allowed from these themes. (I'm not an expert just giving a sort of ideas )
