Character Analysis

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Nutshell Summary

Character Analysis

- The Creature
- Robert Walton
- Victor Frankenstein
- William Frankenstein
- The De Laceys
- Elizabeth Lavenza
- Henry Clerval
- Margaret Saville
- Safie
- Alphonse Frankenstein and Caroline Beaufort

Quote Bank

- Responsibility and guilt
- Human nature
- Isolation
- God’s omnipotence and Victor as creator
- The sublime
- Glory and ambition
- Eyes
- Light and dark
- Intertextuality
- Gothic literature
- Companionship
- Dopplegangers
- Family
- Curiosity
- Fate and destiny
- Justice
- Knowledge
- Locke's sensationalism
- Foreshadowing
- Science

The characters throughout Frankenstein all serve a unique and influential purpose in assisting Shelley to express her personal views and values. When considering the characters in the text, it is important not only to note their qualities and actions, but also their relationships and how they evolve throughout the text.

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