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Who Is A Byronic Hero?
As the name suggests it has a lot to do with the Romantic poet Lord Byron. It is rumoured that women (and we are talking about the 18th century) stripped their clothes and threw it at this handsome poet. But behind the poet who wrote about Romanticism was a hedonistic man who can at best be described as a womanizer and at worst a demonic vampire. That is why in spite of being a romantic poet he lends his name to a race of heroes who are negative, intense, adored and hated at once by us.
How
It
Started?
It
was
not
like
history
started
with
the
Byronic
hero
in
place.
For
a
long
time
on
the
literary
scene
the
Greek
classical
tragic
hero
ruled
the
roost
before
the
modern
classic
came
in
place..
The
great
man
with
one
tragic
flaw
falls
and
it
inspires
our
fear
and
awe
by
watching
that
'fall'
from
grace.
Most
of
the
Shakespearean
heroes
too
were
tragic
rather
than
anti
heroes.
It
is
incredible
but
true
that
the
first
example
of
Byronic
hero
might
have
been
provided
by
Byron
himself
in
his
epic
poem
Childe
Harold's
Pilgrimage.
The
rest
as
you
know
is
history.
Women
Writers
And
Byronic
Heroes:
Although
Byron
started
the
tradition
he
did
not
give
it
a
name.
It
is
the
women
writers
of
that
century
that
made
it
reach
the
heights
with
modern
classics.
The
funny
part
is
that
they
all
used
male
pen
names
to
get
published.
The
cruelty
of
Heathcliff
created
by
Emily
Bronte
is
unforgettable,
he
almost
half
human
half
animal.
Yet
he
is
the
hero
of
the
most
controversial
modern
classic
Wuthering
Heights,
not
the
docile
and
gentle
Edgar
Linton.
Again
the
ill
behaved
monster
of
man,
Mr
Rochester
who
has
caged
his
mad
wife
for
years
in
an
attic
is
both
the
hero
and
villain
of
Jane
Eyre.
Why
Byron's
Legacy
Continues?
Nothing
has
changed,
women
still
find
Byronic
heroes
irresistible
and
there
is
ample
evidence
of
that
in
popular
culture.
Whether
it
is
Bollywood
star
Shahrukh
Khan
from
Baazigar
or
Micheal
Corleone
from
the
Godfather,
they
are
all
anti
heroes.
The
most
recent
one
in
the
march
of
anti
heroes
is
Edward
Cullen
from
the
Twilight
series.
He
is
a
vampire
whose
mode
of
survival
is
to
kill
and
yet
he
is
irrevocably
in
love
with
his
prey.
The
lion
falls
in
love
with
the
lamb
and
learns
to
eat
grass!
They kill remorselessly and are selfish to the core yet they love their women and sire families. It is the dichotomy that makes them more human than the idyllic romantic heroes. That is why Byronic heroes almost always work.
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