# Agatha De Lacey — Frankenstein character guide

> Agatha De Lacey in Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Agatha, the gentle Agatha

**First appearance:** 0021-chapter-xiii

## Who they are

Felix's sister, a kind woman who tends to the old man.

## Relationships

### [The Creature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/the_creature)

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Agatha is the kind daughter of the blind De Lacey who unknowingly interacts with the Creature, but later flees in terror.

### [The Creature](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/frankenstein_se/characters/the_creature)

_social_

Agatha is the kind daughter of the blind De Lacey who unknowingly interacts with the Creature, but later flees in terror.

## In the story

### [Chapter XI](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/frankenstein_se/chapters/chapter-xi)

The young woman in the cottage, gentle and sad, who cares for the old man and performs household tasks.

### [Chapter XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/frankenstein_se/chapters/chapter-xii)

The young woman who manages the household, often weeps but is comforted by her father's words.

### [Chapter XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/frankenstein_se/chapters/chapter-xiii)

Welcomes Safie warmly and participates in the household's daily life and music.

### [Chapter XIV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/frankenstein_se/chapters/chapter-xiv)

Daughter of De Lacey; imprisoned with her father after Felix's plot is discovered.

### [Chapter XV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/frankenstein_se/chapters/chapter-xv)

Faints upon seeing the Creature during the confrontation at the cottage.

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