Frankenstien Characters

Question 1

Henry Clerval

Answer 1

Victor’s closest friend and companion
Studies oriental languages
Nurses victor back to health- a role victor refuses to do for the creature
Killed/ strangled by the creature

Question 2

Agatha De Lacey

Answer 2

Daughter of mr de Lacey
Shows tenderness and kindness towards her family and Safie
Horrified by the creature and faints when she sees him

Question 3

Felix De Lacey

Answer 3

Hard-working son
Cares for family and Safie
His involvement with Safies father gets the family exiled from France
Cruel dismissal and beating of the character

Question 4

Mr De Lacey

Answer 4

Blind father of Agatha and Felix
Surrogate father to the creature
The creature approaches him as he is blind to gain his sympathy
Only one who doesn’t judge the creature

Question 5

Alphonse Frankenstein

Answer 5

Victor’s father
Respectable, integral, attention to public business
Nurturing loving parent

Question 6

The creature

Answer 6

Reaches out to Victor but abandoned
Requests a mate for himself
Meets the De Lacey family living in a shack attached to their house
Learns to speak
Uses rational and emotional language to persuade victor for a companion
Vows revenge
Confesses his crimes at victors death bed

Question 7

Robert Walton

Answer 7

His letters begin the novel
Balances the inquisitive yet presumptuously arrogant nature of victor with the sympathetic and sensitive side of the creature
Discovers victor
Fails to fulfil his dying wish of killing the creature
Listens with compassion and empathy

Question 8

Victor Frankenstein

Answer 8

Born to an affluent and loving family
Goes to the University of Ingolstadt studies natural sciences
Collects parts from graveyards to piece together a human
Takes two years
Runs in fear when the creature is alive
Promises a mate but then refuses
Selfish motivations
Dies on the ship

Question 9

Elizabeth Lavenza

Answer 9

Adopted by the Frankenstein family
More than family love for Victor
Unselfish behaviour which contrasts Victor
Gives testimony on Justine’s behalf
Gets married to Victor
Killed by the creature on their wedding night

Question 10

Justine Moritz

Answer 10

Adopted by the Frankenstein family after being abandoned
The favourite of Caroline Frankenstein
Is found with Williams locket after his death and put on trial for his murder
Despite Elizabeth’s testimony, she is sentenced to death and executed because Victor won’t testify even though he knows the creature is the murderer

Question 11

Safie

Answer 11

Becomes known to Felix through letters of thanks
Father is Turkish
Mother is Christian Arab but is enslaved by the Turks before marrying one
Instructed in Christianity by her mom
Flees Turkey and joins Felix De Lacey and his family
The creature receives language lessons by listening in on her language lessons due to her broken English