The protagonist and tragic hero of Frankenstein. Victor is a troubled scientist who is so encapsulated by the idea of life and death that he pushes the boundaries of nature in order to make it bend to his will.

The "antagonist" of Frankenstein. The Monster is a being created by Victor because of Victor's obsession with life and death. Frankenstein is filled with undying hatred for Victor because of the way that Victor abandoned him when The Monster was created. Because of this, The Monster is on a quest to hunt down and kill Victor's family for the betrayal that The Monster feels.

Victor's mother and important role model until her untimely demise.

Victor's step-sister and best friend/love interest. She sends him a letter while he is away in his studies in order to check up on him and make sure his well being is kept as a priority, as well as trying to entice him to visit them in Geneva again. Victor has an obsession with her at a younger age in the sense that he needs her via emotional reasons after Caroline's death.

Victor's father and Caroline's husband. He became Caroline's "protector" after her father died and they later married and bore Victor.

Lifelong best friend of Victor Frankenstein since childhood. He visits Frankenstein later on after he has created The Monster and allows Victor to see the beauty in life. He also takes care of Victor while he falls ill after the creation of The Monster. Henry embodies goodness, clarity, and well being, while Victor embodies illness, flaws, and conscious absorption.

Chapters 13-15: Chapters 13 and 14 focus on the introduction of Safie, a woman who has a particular love interest with Felix, a member of the family previously mentioned. These chapters also focus on how The Creature learned to speak the common tongue and his education on language structure of which he learns through Felix teaching Safie his language. Chapter 15 describes the moment when Frankenstein reads his first pieces of literature, one of them being Paradise Lost by John Milton. He connects with this poem on a profound level and see's it as factual history rather than fiction. This leads to him connecting Satan and Adam's interactions through the world with his own seeing that he is cursed and rejected for his appearance alone. He then tries to appeal to the family but is swiftly rejected and they are initially horrified by his appearance as he thought would happen.

Chapters 16-17: Chapter 16 is quite grueling and horrifying. This is when we see what happens when The Creature gets especially angry because it tells the story of William's death by the hands of The Creature and how The Creature strangled him to death with his bare hands. The chapter ends with The Creature telling Victor that he must have a mate similar to him in order to stop his rampage on his family and that his loneliness is what led to William and Justine's deaths. Chapter 17 is short and we see Victor initially disagreeing to create another creature but after The Creature entices him to do so by using responsibility shaming on Victor. Victor then agrees and The Creature is excited yet wary of Victor.

Chapters 20-22: Chapter 20 is a largely important chapter for this novel. Victor is eventually overcome with guilt over the creation of a 2nd monster and decides to destroy all the progress he has made on her. After this, The Creature is furious at Victor and vows to enact revenge on Victor, telling him that he will be there on Victor's wedding day (I think this is implying the death of Elizabeth). After Victor disposes of the corpse parts of his 2nd creation in the ocean, he later discovers that he is under suspicion for the murder of Henry. Chapter 21 is rough for Victor, he discovers that the murdered corpse is none other than Henry and becomes extremely ill from the shocking sight of Henry's dead body. After 2 months of illness, Alphonse comes to visit Victor, later finding him innocent of Henry's murder and together they travel back to Geneva. In Chapter 22, Victor and Alphonse stop in France and then continue their return to Geneva. Elizabeth sends him a letter asking him if he still loves her. Victor replies that she is most important thing to him and upon arriving in Geneva, plan their marriage. Victor says that he has a terrible secret to tell her after they're married and the wedding day later comes, the chapter ending on their arrival at a cottage to spend their wedding night together.

The man whom Victor is telling his story to. He is the only other person in all of Frankenstein to understand what Victor is going through and the secrets he had to keep.

A young man who loves Safie and teaches her his language whilst teaching the lurking Creature literature and language as well.

Felix's lover who arrives and unintentionally teaches The Creature the concept of love and relation between lovers.