Key points

Storytelling uncovers pain that silently shapes relationships.

Untold stories block trust, closeness, and emotional presence.

Power and fear often silence the stories that matter most.

The 2025 film Frankenstein reframes Mary Shelley’s story as a narrative told across two worlds: Victor speaking on a freezing ship after being rescued, and the Creature recounting his long journey of wandering and despair.

Healing Through Storytelling

The film is structured through storytelling itself—Victor’s tale told under duress, and the Creature’s own response as a counter-story he had held inside for years. Their exchanges suggest how many relationships fracture when we fail to tell the stories that hold our pain rather than the failure to care.

These stories often begin in childho

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