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Frankenstein (AP Literature review)

Terms in this set (19)

Alphonse Frankenstein
Victor's father
Caroline Frankenstein
Victor's mother
Elizabeth
adopted child of the Frankensteins
Switzerland
Victor's country
Robert Walton
the novel's first narrator
Byronic Hero
a self tormented outcast who is cynical and contemptuous of societal norms and is suffering from some unnamed or mysterious sin or dark past. Yet still handsome and attractive. The "bad boy."
Prometheus
figure in Greek mythology who gives fire to mankind
Ingolstadt
location of Victor's university
allusion
a reference to another work
epistolary
having to do with letters
Henry Clerval
Victor's best friend
Mt. Blanc
highest peak in western Europe - where Victor first speaks with the monster
Geneva
city in which Victor is raised
Waldman
Victor's kind professor who delivers the lecture that sparks (pun intended) Victor's monomania
Krempe
Victor's disdainful professor who tells Victor his study of Cornelius Agrippa and other alchemists has been a waste of time
Felix de Lacey
young man; beloved of Safie
Agatha de Lacey
sister of Felix
Safie
young Turkish woman with whom Felix de Lacey is in love
Mr. Kirnin
Irish magistrate who tries Victor for murder of Henry Clerval
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