The Narrator's Family

1. Caring: The narrator's father cared for Beaufort's daughter after she died, and they ended up getting married. The narrator says he "he strove to shelter her, as a fair exotic is sheltered by the gardener, from every rougher wind and to surround her with all that could tend to excite pleasurable emotion in her soft and benevolent mind," because " her health, and even the tranquility of her hitherto constant spirit, had been shaken by what she had gone through" (Shelley 26). She also helped the poor due to what she went through (Shelley 27)

2. Reputable: The narrator's family was a well-known family, especially in business. His father was "respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business" (Shelly 24).

3. Curious: Both the narrator and his sister were curious with the world around them. His sister pondered the appearance of things while he examined their causes (Shelley 31). Th narrator viewed the world as "a secret which I desired to divine" (Shelley 31).