Frankenstein Study Guide
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