Leatherface is a character in The Texas Chainsaw Massacrehorror-film series and its spin-offs. He wears masks made of human skin (hence his name) and engages in murder and cannibalism, alongside his inbred family. Leatherface appeared in the first film in the series (1974) and in its six subsequent continuations and remakes. Wisconsin killer Ed Gein, who wore a mask made of human skin, was reportedly the inspiration for elements in the original film. He is considered to be the main antagonist of the franchise because he drives most of the plots and appears in all of the films even though he takes orders from his older family members (source of information: Wikipedia).
Fagin is a fictional character: an antagonist of the Charles Dickens novel Oliver Twist. In the preface to the novel he is described as a "receiver of stolen goods", but within the text he is more frequently identified as the "merry old gentleman" or simply "the Jew.". He is the leader of a group of children (the Artful Dodger and Charley Bates among them) whom he teaches to make their livings by pickpocketing and other criminal activities, in exchange for shelter (source of information: Wikipedia).
Both of these characters in cinema/literature represent the unusual, the macabre, and the underworld. They typify a social fascination with re-presenting the ugly side of life and the natural criminality of the human mind. This is why comparing them artistically renders a nice understanding of the psychology behind self-image storytelling.
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