1. Alphonse Frankenstein
1.1. Venerable
1.1.1. "...my father had filled several public situations with honour and reputation. He was respected by all who knew him for his integrity and indefatigable attention to public business" (Shelley 24).
1.2. Compassionate
1.2.1. "He passed his younger days perpetually occupied by the affairs of his country" (Shelley 24).
1.3. Dedicated
1.3.1. "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 26).
2. Caroline Beaufort
2.1. Resilient
2.1.1. "But Caroline Beaufort possessed a mind of an uncommon mould, and her courage rose to support her in her adversity. She procured plain work; she plaited straw and by various means contrived to earn a pittance scarcely sufficient to support life" (Shelley 25).
2.2. Empathetic
2.2.1. "Their benevolent disposition often made them enter the cottages of the poor. 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 28).
2.3. Tender
2.3.1. "With his permission my mother prevailed on her rustic guardians to yield their charge to her" (Shelley 29).
3. Elizabeth Lavenza
3.1. Expressive
3.1.1. "She busied herself with following the aerial creations of the poets" (Shelley 31).
3.2. Sympathetic
3.2.1. "Her sympathy was ours; her smile, her soft voice, the sweet glance of her celestial eyes, were ever there to bless and animate us. She was the living spirit of love to soften and attract" (Shelley 33).
3.3. Calm
3.3.1. "Elizabeth was of a calmer and more concentrated disposition" (Shelley 31).