Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
M. Waldman
professor of chemistry at Ingolstadt who encourages Victor's journey in science and dismisses alchemy
The Being
Abandoned by Victor, his creator Prometheus connections seeks revenge from mistreatment
Elizabeth Lavenza/Elizabeth Frankenstein
orphan from Milan who the Frankensteins adopt in love with Victor killed by the being
France
Where the DeLacey family is from they are exiled to Germany
Agreeable Asylum
Where the being took shelter
Year of Publication
1818 1st edition 1831 2nd edition
Agatha
Felix's sister female in the De Lacey family
Henry Clerval
Frankenstein's friend from college who is killed by the being tries to help Victor nurses Victor back to health in Ingolstadt very cheerful
Mr. Kirwin
Magistrate in Ireland who accuses Victor of killing Clerval
Author
Mary Shelley
Orkneys
Place in Scotland where Frankenstein hides out to create a she-being
M. Krempe
Professor of natural philosophy who encourages Victor to dismiss alchemy and start anew
North Pole
Robert Walton is trying to discover a passage through here
Movement
Romanticism
Time Period
Romanticism
Constantinople
Safie's father tried to make her move back there, but she ran away with Felix
Robert Walton
The Arctic seafarer whose letters open and close Frankenstein. Walton picks the bedraggled Victor Frankenstein up off the ice, helps nurse him back to health, and hears Victor's story. He records the incredible tale in a series of letters addressed to his sister, Margaret Saville, in England.
Alphonse Frankenstein
Victor's father Friends with Caroline's dad, Beaufort, and when he dies marries her
Mount Blanche
This stirred great emotion in Victor when he saw it (romantic nature feelings) It's a reminder of his home and brings him grief and fear? This is where The Being found him (2.1) From the side where I now stood Montanvert was exactly opposite, at the distance of a league; and above it rose Mont Blanc, in awful majesty.
Paris
Victor and Alphonse stop in Paris before going to Geneva
Caroline Beaufort/ Caroline Frankenstein
Victor's mom dies of scarlet fever after nursing Elizabeth back to health just before Victor leaves Ingolstadt at 17 wants Victor to marry Elizabeth
William Frankenstein
Victor's youngest brother, a darling/player with the ladies strangled by the Being in the woods outside of Geneva Justine blamed for his death
Archangel
Where Walton posts the second letter to Margaret Represents hell
Ireland
Where Clerval's body washes up on shore, causing a whole trial to take place and landing Frankenstein in a prison for a while
Milan
Where Elizabeth was born
Ingolstadt
Where Frankenstein went to college
England
Where Frankenstein would have to travel to obtain more information about creating a female
Geneva
Where Frankenstein's family is from
Naples
Where Victor was born
St. Petersburg
Where Walton posts the first letter to Margaret Represents heaven
De Lacey
blind peasant from Paris who talks with the being and is kind to him
Victor Frankenstein
creates the being obsessed with science
Felix
helps Safie's father escape and then she runs away to him teaches Safie (and the being) to read makes the being go away
Justine Moritz/Justine Frankenstein
lives with the Frankenstein family as a servant after the mother dies blamed for William's death and executed
Safie
welcomed by the De Lacey family in love with Felix
Germany
where the DeLacey family moves after exile from France (2.5) They found a miserable asylum in the cottage in Germany where I discovered them.
