Frankenstein Chapters 1 & 2- Frankenstein's Family

1. Elizabeth: Trait 1: Beautiful- "a creature who seemed to shed radiance from her looks and whose form and motions were lighter than the chamois of the hills." (Shelley) Trait 2: Quiet- "Elizabeth was of a calmer and more concentrated disposition." (Shelley) Trait 3: Petite- "this child was thin and very fair." (Shelley)

2. Alphonse Frankenstein: Trait 1: Successful- "He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business." (Shelley) Trait 2: Generous- "He lost no time in endeavouring to seek him out, with the hope of persuading him to begin the world again through his credit and assistance." (Shelley) Trait 3: Loving- "Everything was made to yield to her wishes and her convenience. 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." (Shelley)

3. Caroline Beaufort: Trait 1: Caring- "His daughter attended him with the greatest tenderness, but she saw with despair that their little fund was rapidly decreasing and that there was no other prospect of support." (Shelley) Trait 2: Passive- "With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her." (Shelley) Trait 3: Passionate- "This, to my mother, was more than a duty; it was a necessity, a passion—remembering what she had suffered, and how she had been relieved—for her to act in her turn the guardian angel to the afflicted." (Shelley)