Image
Victor's nameless creation, gentle and eager to learn at first, then driven to vengeance by rejection and loneliness.
Books
Story role
Antagonist; narrates his own story in Chapters 11 to 16
Physical appearance
Built "about eight feet in height" (Chapter 4).
"His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness" (Chapter 5).
"His yellow skin scarcely covered the work of muscles and arteries beneath; his hair was of a lustrous black, and flowing; his teeth of a pearly whiteness" (Chapter 5).
Personality
In his own words: "I was benevolent and good; misery made me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall again be virtuous" (Chapter 10).
Wants and fears
Asks Victor to make him a female companion (Chapter 17).
Relationships
Victor's creation. Secretly watches and learns from the De Lacey family (Chapters 11 to 15).
Character arc
Rejected by the De Laceys (Chapter 15), he kills William (Chapter 16). When Victor destroys the unfinished companion, he kills Clerval and Elizabeth. At the end he tells Walton he will die in the far north (Chapter 24).
Key quotes
"I ought to be thy Adam, but I am rather the fallen angel" (Chapter 10)
"I am malicious because I am miserable." (Chapter 17)
"You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!" (Chapter 20)
"I shall be with you on your wedding-night." (Chapter 20)
"I am malicious because I am miserable." (Chapter 17)
"You are my creator, but I am your master; obey!" (Chapter 20)
"I shall be with you on your wedding-night." (Chapter 20)
Source note
Quotes and chapter numbers are from the 1831 edition of Frankenstein. Fields left empty where the novel does not say.