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Frame Story
Explanation and Analysis—Raphael the Storyteller:
The stories Raphael tells about the country of Utopia are frame stories—More, the narrator and "main character," is relating these stories secondhand to the reader. Furthermore, the entirety of Utopia consists of More relating the events of a past encounter and the content of a past conversation with Raphael and Giles. These stories within stories mean that the narrative has very little action or plot within the present timeline—one could picture More sitting down with the reader to discuss these past encounters.
