De Lacey is the blind father of the French peasant family that the monster observes and comes to love. De Lacey and his two children, Felix and Agatha, once were wealthy but, after being wrongfully exiled from Paris, they were stripped of their wealth. He is a doting father to his two children and welcoming to Safie, his son’s fiancé. For instance, the monster notices that he frequently plays music to lift the spirits of his family members when their impoverished state causes them to despair. Like Alphonse Frankenstein, De Lacy represents the benevolent paternal figure that Victor refuses to be for the monster.
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