the De Lacey family
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The De Lacey family is a poor, exiled French household in Mary Shelley’s "Frankenstein" whose kindness, domestic life, and conversations inadvertently educate the Creature about language, society, and human emotion.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| De Lacey family | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | fictional family ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Frankenstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWork |
Paradise Lost (later read by the Creature)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ruins of Empires (read by the Creature while observing them) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Sorrows of Young Werther (read by the Creature while observing them) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfPoverty | political persecution ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Mary Shelley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economicCondition | impoverished ⓘ |
| encounterWithCreatureOutcome | rejection of the Creature after initial contact ⓘ |
| familyHead | De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstAppearance |
Frankenstein, Chapter 12
ⓘ
Frankenstein, Volume 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesDaughter | Agatha De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesFutureDaughterInLaw | Safie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| includesSon | Felix De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| keyTheme |
compassion
ⓘ
domesticity ⓘ education ⓘ exile ⓘ social injustice ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | Romantic era ⓘ |
| member |
Agatha De Lacey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ Felix De Lacey NERFINISHED ⓘ Safie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| moralCharacter |
charitable
ⓘ
kind ⓘ virtuous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
contrast to Victor Frankenstein’s family
ⓘ
educators of the Creature ⓘ embodiment of domestic virtue ⓘ |
| observedBy | Frankenstein’s Creature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalBackground | exiled for aiding Safie’s father ⓘ |
| relationshipToCreature |
object of the Creature’s affection
ⓘ
unwitting benefactors ⓘ |
| residence |
cottage near Ingolstadt
ⓘ
secluded cottage in the forest ⓘ |
| setting | 18th-century Europe ⓘ |
| socialStatus |
exiled
ⓘ
poor ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
idealized family life
ⓘ
possibility of human goodness ⓘ |
| teaches |
human emotions to the Creature
ⓘ
human society to the Creature ⓘ language to the Creature ⓘ |
| workPublicationYear | 1818 ⓘ |
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