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Victor's mother. She dies when Victor is seventeen

Caroline

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

Chamonix

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

Elizabeth Lavenza

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

Ingolstadt

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

Ireland

Elizabeth was originally from this country

Italy

Walton's journey's proposed destination

North Pole

In Greek mythology, the creator of mankind

Prometheus

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

Agatha

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

Alphonse

Caroline Frankenstein's maiden name

Beaufort

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

Belrive

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

Delacey

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

Ernest

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

Felix

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

Geneva

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

Goethe

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

Henry Clerval

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

Justine Moritz

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

Kirwin

Professor of Natural Philosophy at the University of Ingolstadt

Krempe

Location of Victor's and Elizabeth's honeymoon

Lake Como

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

London

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

Margaret Saville

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

Montavert

Italian city in which Victor was born

Naples

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

Orkneys

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

Paris

City in Scotland where Victor and Henry part company

Perth

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

Plutarch

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

Safie

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

South America

Safie and her father were from this country

Turkey

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

Victor Frankenstein

Professor of Chemistry under whom Victor studies in Germany

Waldman

The youngest of the Frankenstein children. He is strangled by the monster

William

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

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