Frankenstein Study Guide

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Beaufort

Caroline Frankenstein's maiden name

Ingolstadt

City in Germany where the young Victor was sent to University, and where he created the monster

Perth

City in Scotland where Victor and Henry part company

Orkney

Islands off the Scottish coast where Victor works on his second monster

Naples

Italian city where Victor was born

Justine Moritz

A servant in the Frankenstein household who is unjustly accused of and executed for the murder of William

Victor Frankenstein

A wealthy intelligent young man. He is a character obsessed with scientific discovery who makes a terrible mistake in creating the monster

DeLacey

An elderly blind man whose family is observed by the monster in the woods near Ingolstadt

Paradise Lost

An epic poem by John Milton about the Fall of Man. It has a profound effect on the monster

Goethe

Author of the Young Sorrows of Werther, a book with which the monster identifies with

Felix

De Lacey's son. Although he is a good man, he is repulsed by the monster's hideous appearance and it drives them from their cottage

Italy

Elizabeth was originally from this country

Agatha

Felix's sister. The monster impressed with her devotion and care for her family

Montavert

Glacier in the Alps which Victor ascends and where he meets his creation

Prometheus

In Greek mythology, the creator of mankind

Plutarch

In this author 's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, the monster is introduced to "high thoughts"

Lake Como

Location of Victor and Elizabeth's honeymoon

Paris

Original home of the De Lacey family. Victor and his father stop here en route to Geneva

Waldman

Professor of Chemistry under whom Victor studies in Germany

Krempe

Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Ingolstadt

Turkey

Safie and her father are from this country

Kirwin

Second name of the magistrate in Ireland who handles the murder of Henry Clerval

Margaret Saville

Sister of Robert Walton. She is the person to whom Robert addresses his letters

Geneva

Swiss city where Victor grew up- also home to Henry Clerval

Ernest

The middle child in the Frankenstein household. At the end of the novel, he is the only surviving member of the family

South America

The monster promises to live in this distant place when Victor creates a mate for him

Safie

The women Felix loves. She is an exotic beauty with whom Felix fell in love when he met her father in prison in Paris

William

The youngest of the Frankenstein children, he is strangled by the monster

London

Victor and Henry spend a few months here when they first arrive in England

Belrive

Victor and his family move to this suburb of Geneva, and here he witnesses the lightning which suggests the power source for his experiment

Ireland

Victor is accused of the murder of Henry when he arrives in this country

Chamonix

Victor spends time in this Alpine valley recovering his health after the murder of William

Elizabeth Lavenza

Victor's adopted sister, and later his wife. She is another victim of the monster

Henry Clerval

Victor's best friend. He is a kind, optimistic nature-lover who supports Victor

Alphonse

Victor's father, a well respected citizen of Geneva, and a devoted loving parent and husband

Caroline

Victor's mother. She dies when Victor is seventeen

North Pole

Walton's journey proposed destination


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