# Frankenstein — Character guide

> Key figures in Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

- [Victor Frankenstein](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/victor_frankenstein.md): A brilliant scientist who creates a sentient creature, then is consumed by guilt and revenge.
- [The Creature](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/the_creature.md): Victor's intelligent, lonely creation who turns to violence after rejection.
- [Elizabeth Lavenza](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/elizabeth_lavenza.md): Victor's adopted sister and fiancée, a gentle and devoted presence.
- [Henry Clerval](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/henry_clerval.md): Victor's loyal childhood friend who provides emotional support and companionship.
- [Robert Walton](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/robert_walton.md): An Arctic explorer who rescues Victor and records his story in letters.
- [Justine Moritz](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/justine_moritz.md): A kind servant wrongly executed for William's murder, devastating the Frankenstein family.
- [Alphonse Frankenstein](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/alphonse_frankenstein.md): Victor's loving father and a respected Genevan magistrate.
- [William Frankenstein](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/william_frankenstein.md): Victor's youngest brother, murdered by the creature in a pivotal event.
- [Felix De Lacey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/felix_de_lacey.md): A young man who befriends Safie and unknowingly teaches the creature.
- [Safie](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/safie.md): A beautiful Arabian woman who marries Felix and learns language with the creature.
- [Agatha De Lacey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/agatha_de_lacey.md): Felix's sister, a kind woman who tends to the old man.
- [Old De Lacey](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/old_de_lacey.md): A blind old man who briefly befriends the creature.
- [Ernest Frankenstein](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/ernest_frankenstein.md): Victor's younger brother who survives the family tragedies.
- [Caroline Beaufort](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/caroline_beaufort.md): Victor's mother who dies of scarlet fever before the main events.
- [Mr. Kirwin](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/m_kirwin.md): A magistrate who prosecutes Victor for Henry's murder in Ireland.
- [M. Waldman](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/m_waldman.md): A chemistry professor who inspires Victor's scientific ambitions.
- [M. Krempe](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/m_krempe.md): A blunt natural philosophy professor who dismisses Victor's early studies.
- [Margaret Saville](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/margaret_saville.md): Walton's sister to whom he writes the letters framing the novel.
- [Madame Moritz](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/madame_moritz.md): Justine's mother who treats her harshly.
- [Daniel Nugent](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/daniel_nugent.md): A witness in the trial of Victor for Henry's murder.
- [Louis Manoir](https://www.betterreads.online/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/louis_manoir.md): A man mentioned in the De Lacey family's backstory.

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