Robert Walton
             the captain of a voyage to the North Pole
            
             Margaret Saville
             Walton's sister and confidante to whom he writes his letters
            
             Victor Frankenstein
             a student of Ingolstadt who becomes obsessed with his studies and creates the "monster"
            
             Alphonse Frankenstein
             Victor's father who dies of despair
            
             Caroline (Beaufort) Frankenstein
             Victor's kind-hearted mother who dies of scarlet fever when Victor is seventeen
            
             Ernest Frankenstein
             Victor's brother
            
             William Frankenstein
             Victor's youngest brother who is strangled to death by the "monster"
            
             Justine Moritz
             A close friend of the Frankensteins who is accused and executed for the murder of William Frankenstein
            
             Henry Clerval
             Victor's closest friend and traveling companion who is strangled by the "monster"
            
             Elizabeth Lavenza
             Victor's adopted sister who marries Victor and is killed by the "monster" on their wedding night
            
             M. Krempe
             Victor's natural philosophy professor at the University of Ingolstadt
            
             M. Waldman
             A professor at the University of Ingolstadt whose chemistry lecture inspires Victor to begin his creation
            
             M. Kirwin
             An old Irish magistrate who takes care of Victor while he is in prison
            
             The Frankenstein Monster
             Victor's creation who is deserted by Victor and rejected by society
            
             M. DeLacey
             a blind exile from France who plays the guitar
            
             Felix DeLacey
             M. DeLacey's hard-working son
            
             Agatha DeLacey
             M. DeLacey's loving daughter
            
             Safie
             Felix's Arabian fiancee who leaves Turkey and joins Felix
            
            
            
            
            
             Robert Walton and his crew are on an expedition to the North Pole when they come across Victor Frankenstein near death. Walton restores Victor back to health and Victor explains the circumstances which have brought him into the artic regions in this condition. When Victor was a college student at The University of Ingolstadt, he became obsessed with the natural sciences and vowed to be the first to create life. Victor collected bod...