Comparing Dorian Gray And The Invisible Man

A Closer Look at Dorian Gray and Griffin/Rodney Skinner: Character Analysis Essay The members of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen thought they had everything all figured out. They thought Dorian Gray was dedicated, trustworthy member and Rodney Skinner was the villain. Little did they know it was actually the opposite. In their respective books, the authors portray Dorian Gray and Griffin as protagonists. Characteristics of both of them include: wicked, unique, and mysterious. While Dorian did not start out as a wicked character in the beginning of his book, he changed and turned out to be a man with a terrible reputation. Griffin hurt anybody that annoyed him and used the fact that he was invisible to steal whatever he wanted. While the novels The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Invisible Man came across as two books with very different plots, the author portrays these characters as villainous and selfish. As The Picture of …show more content…
The members of the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen accomplished the feat of having Dorian join. However soon after, they shockingly discovered that Dorian became part of the group against them all along. He ultimately died when one of the members, Mina, showed him the portrait of himself that turned old and ugly in exchange for him staying young and beautiful when he sold his soul. However, Griffin, who became Rodney Skinner in the film, did not display himself as a conniving man like Dorian, although Skinner was accused of sabotaging the League at first. Then they realized it was Dorian, not Skinner, who backstabbed them. Skinner established himself as more of a lighthearted person who used his stealth and invisibility to help the League. He provided the League with the important location of the people that they were working against and proved himself as