| A | B |
| Mary Shelley | Author of Frankenstein |
| Why did Shelley write Frankenstein? | for a story-telling contest |
| Setting of Frankenstein | Late 1700s/early 1800s in Geneva and Germany |
| Robert Walton | captain of ship sailing to the North Pole |
| Victor Frankenstein | mad scientist who created the monster |
| The Creature/Monster | Frankenstein made him; he was ugly |
| Henry Clerval | Frankenstein's best friend |
| Elizabeth Lavenza | Victor's adopted sister and later his wife |
| Alphonse Frankenstein | Victor's father |
| Mrs. Saville | Robert Walton's sister; he wrote letters to her |
| Frankenstein's Mother | Died of scarlet fever |
| Ernest Frankenstein | Victor's middle brother |
| William Frankenstein | Victor's baby brother; murdered by the creature |
| Justine Moritz | framed for William's murder; hanged by an angry crowd |
| The DeLacy Family | Creature watched them from a shed |
| Old Man DeLacy | Creature makes friends with him because the old man is blind and can't see the monster |
| Dr. Waldman | Professor that Frankenstein liked |
| Dr. Krempe | Professor that Frankenstein does not like |