Humbert is both protagonist, anti-hero, and villain. He is the story’s main character and we see everything in the book through his point of view. His rhetorical skills persuade and attract sympathy while his humor and commentary on societal culture entertain. But he destroys the childhood of Lolita, contributed to Charlotte’s death, and had to qualms about using Lolita as a sex slave for years. So he is both Lolita’s villainous abductor and charming weaver of words.