Minor Characters

Alphonse Frankenstein
He is Victor’s father. Alphonse consoles Victor in times of need.

Elizabeth Lavenza
An orphan who the Frankenstein family adopted. Elizabeth embodies the novel’s motif of passive women, as she waits patiently for Victor’s attention.

Henry Clerval
Victor’s childhood friend began to follow in Victor’s footsteps as a scientist. His cheerfulness counters Victor’s moroseness.

William Frankenstein
Victor’s youngest brother and the darling of the Frankenstein family. The monster strangles William in the woods outside Geneva in order to hurt Victor for abandoning him. William’s death deeply saddens Victor and burdens him with tremendous guilt about having created the monster.

DeLacy Family
The monster stayed at their cottage and learned the language. He approached the blind father, but he was chased out by the son, Felix.

M. Waldman
Victor's chemistry professor.

Justine Moritz
A young girl adopted into the Frankenstein household while Victor is growing up. Justine is blamed and executed for William’s murder.

Caroline Beaufort
The mother of Victor Frankenstein. She died from a fever when Victor was young.