Character description 1- Lord Henry

Lord Henry is a man who talks in confident and influential paradox but always understands both sides of the argument.
Lord Henry is fond of thinking on all sorts of subjects and sharing his thoughts with any audience he can find. He is always very proud of his witticisms: “And Lord Henry… began to smoke a cigarette with a self-conscious and satisfied air, as if he had summed u the world in a phrase” (Wilde 14), When Basil is telling Henry that Dorian treats what Basil had given Dorian of himself as, “an ornament for a summer’s day” (14), Henry retorts with a literal, “days in summer, Basil, are apt to linger” (14). His speeches are often influential because of the confident way in which he speaks. Harry’s influences over people, especially Dorian, grow as time goes on: “For years Dorian Gray could not free himself from the influence of this [Henry’s] book; or perhaps it would be more accurate to say that he never sought to free himself from it” (130). Everything Henry says changes people a little. He spouts things whether he believes in them or not just to see the results they have on people, without any regard of the person.
Lord Henry is like a vampire. With his witticisms armed like sharp fangs, he can seduce anyone into following his every ideal just by biting them and allowing his ideas to run through their veins like venom. This changes them from the innocent they once were to a vampire themselves, biting others and spiraling their lives into ruins.
Lord Henry is like Renge from Ouran High School Host Club because of the way they meddle with people without any care or connections to the ends.