Chilling Classics: Unraveling the Stories That Haunt Us

The creature in Frankenstein is often referred to as 'The Monster' or 'The Creature', but it does not have a specific name.

Jonathan Harker is the young lawyer who travels to Transylvania to meet Count Dracula and becomes the first victim of his vampirism.

The narrator in The Tell-Tale Heart kills the old man out of fear that the old man's 'vulture eye' is watching him.

Castle Dracula is the ancestral home of Count Dracula and the setting for much of the novel.

Victor Frankenstein is the ambitious scientist who creates the monster in his pursuit of knowledge.

The Raven is the mysterious bird that visits the protagonist and repeats the word 'Nevermore', symbolizing his lost love, Lenore.

Francis Wayland Thurston is the protagonist of The Call of Cthulhu who investigates the cult of Cthulhu and its ancient evil.

Abraham Van Helsing is the Dutch doctor and vampire hunter who helps the Harkers and their allies defeat Count Dracula.

The Picture of Dorian Gray is a cursed portrait that reflects the aging and moral decay of its subject, Dorian Gray.

Prince Prospero is the eccentric and arrogant host of the masquerade ball in The Masque of the Red Death.

Yog-Sothoth is the ancient and powerful entity that is worshipped by the Whateley family in The Dunwich Horror.

Quincey Morris is the Texan cowboy and vampire hunter who helps Van Helsing and the Harkers defeat Count Dracula.

Dorian Gray is the young and beautiful man who becomes obsessed with his own beauty and makes a deal with the devil to remain young and handsome forever.

R'lyeh is the ancient city beneath the sea where Cthulhu and his followers sleep.

The Narrator is the unnamed protagonist of The Fall of the House of Usher who visits his friend Roderick Usher and witnesses the decline of the Usher family.