Gothic Male Protagonist

In Gothic novels, the protagonist is someone who's  actions move the story along. A notable trait is being very intelligent for example Frankenstein ability to create the monster in his laboratory. In other novels the protagonist acts as the main focus of the story whom goes against what the antagonist stands for or does. Now while a protagonist is generally known for being the hero this is always not the case, especially when it comes to Gothic novels as we see in Dracula. Dracula appears to be the protagonist but has evil intentions of keeping his guests prisoners in his own castle. In Dr.Jekyll and Mr Hyde it can be argued that Jekyll is the main protagonist as the story is focused around him trying to fight against revealing his alter ego (Mr.Hyde). A similarity between a lot of Gothic protagonists is they wish to fulfill their own selfish needs which usually go against society and their own rules.