Homosexuality In The Invisible Man

The Invisible Man is one film that makes great use of sound. Claude Rains, the man who plays as Jack Griffin, had to have been able to speak since he was unseen throughout most of the movie. When he does ‘appear’ as Griffin, his face is wrapped up, covered in bandages to conceal his invisibility and remain perceptible to others. It would be difficult to have a silent, invisible, mummified actor play this role, but Rains had managed to raise his voice through the bandages binding him. While he may be hidden for most of the film, he certainly is heard. As a character and actor, he makes his insane voice known to those around him. The character of Griffin isn’t a supernatural being or a created one. He is an altered human, one that has lost his sanity due to his research. He wasn’t the first of his kind. In horror films, there is a trope of the mad scientist being played. They yearn for more

Rather than hide his sexuality, he decided to let it be known, even up to his death he had been known as a homosexual man. While his films did have heterosexual marriages involved, it is possible to have found his films with hidden homosexual themes. “One can metaphorically read society’s invisible man as its homosexual man…” Each film presented by him had brought up an issue about sexuality if the viewer had decided to analyze the film closely. Being invisible for most of the film and hiding himself amongst others, not wanting to be found out, his identity is kept secret for half of the film as well, can lead to Griffin wanting to keep out of the public’s eye for a suppressed reasoning of his sexual preference. He doesn’t choose to remain by his fiancée’s side when prompted to, he does find her beautiful but refuses to remain with her, instead he chooses to run off and cause more chaos while being out of sight. Only in his death does he become visible, revealing who he is and what has become of