In The Catcher In The Rye‚ judging from incidents involving Holden‚ I can conclude that he is some kind of a Byronic hero who typically exhibits following traits: No doubt‚ Holden has a troubled past. One way to understand Holden’s uncommon combination of characteristics is to look at the traumatic events in his childhood‚ most importantly the death of his brother‚ Allie. How Holden reacts to his brother’s death‚ by smashing all of the windows in the garage that night‚ shows that this event has
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Byronic Hero Assignment Attribute: | How the character shows it: | Textual Support: | Conflicting emotions by polar tendencies or moodiness | Heathcliff shows this when he was excited for Catherine to come home‚ then he was upset | “With that he dashed head foremost out of the room‚ amid the merriment of the master and mistress‚ and to the serious disturbance of Catherine; who could not comprehend how her remarks should have produced such an exhibition of bad temper.” (pg. 49) | Self-destructive
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the qualities of a Byronic hero? This character type‚ named after Lord Byron‚ is not similar to the archetypical hero of many stories. These characters display qualities such as intelligence‚ cunning‚ and violence. Byronic heroes do not act like normal heroes in the sense that they scorn typical heroic behavior and are not perfect. Mr. Rochester‚ from the novel Jane Eyre‚ is an example of a Byronic Hero. In Jane Eyre‚ Charlotte Brontё characterizes Mr. Rochester as a Byronic Hero by portraying him
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Essay: The Byronic Hero In Emily Bronte’s novel‚ wuthering heights‚ the protagonist‚ Heathcliff is classified as a Byronic Hero. The term Byronic hero originated from the writings of lord Byron that describe an idealized but flawed character. A Byronic Hero lacks a heroic virtue and possesses many dark qualities such as being isolated from society; moody by nature or having emotional/ intelligent capacities that surpasses the average man and mysterious origins. Heathcliff is considered a Byronic Hero
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In the novel of Jane Eyre‚ Mr Rochester is presented as a mysterious Byronic figure‚ who plays the role of the main protagonist’s‚ or in this case Jane’s‚ love interest. Bronte approves of Mr Rochester because he’s interested in Jane. He is the first person to have taken an interest in her. Despite this‚ throughout the novel‚ he is presented as cold and distant. We see this in the extract when he begins by calling Jane‚ ’Young lady.’ Although this may seem harmless to some‚ it is clearly quite a
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A hero proves his heroism when faced with opposition. He is shrewd‚ tough‚ clear-sighted‚ experienced‚ and able to handle adversity in a well equipped manner. However‚ unlike most heroes‚ the Byronic hero does not receive satisfaction simply from possessing these traits. The Byronic hero sees himself as an individual who practices non conformity. He is a hero of consciousness more than a hero of action. These qualities of the Byronic hero are demonstrated in Lord Byron’s description
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Irena Curić dr. sc. Janja Ciglar-Žanić‚ red. prof. English Romanticism 08 January 2013 The Byronic Hero and Russian Romanticism Introduction George Gordon Byron‚ 6th Baron Byron‚ or simply Lord Byron‚ was a British poet of Scottish descent who is today considered to be the most influential British poet of the Romantic period (Catherine B. O ’Neill calls him "the best-known nineteenth-century British poet outside England"). His adventourous character and wild but appealing works made him
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A Byronic hero has many traits‚ and Ultron has a few of these traits; such as‚ being intelligent and emotionally sensitive. Ultron is intelligent because he got Wanda and Quick Sliver to help him destroy the world without them even knowing; they thought that they were going to help the world by ending the Avengers. Emotionally sensitive because he cares for Wanda and was hurt when Wanda left him to help the Avengers. In the movie‚ “Avengers: Age of Ultron”‚ Ultron wants to destroy the world‚ only
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Bryon’s "Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage": The Byronic Hero Boozer English 11/4/95 In Byron’s poem‚ "Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage" the main character is portrayed as a dark brooding man‚ who doesn’t like society and wants to escape from the world because of his discontent with it. Through the poem we see the strong resemblance the Byronic hero has to many of today’s popular characters‚ such as Batman. In the third stanza of the poem we learn that Childe Harold is the product
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Interview: MR ROCHESTER By Samir Mustavi Class 10BT‚ Term 1‚ 2012 “Bigamy at its worst‚ blind man loses all‚ now to tell all.” Good afternoon‚ my name Samir Mustavi‚ and I have come from the future to interview the great aristocrat of the once great Thornfield Hall‚ Mr Edward Fairfax Rochester. This man fought hard for love when he met his ward’s new governess‚ Jane Eyre‚ although having a few secrets of his own. Rochester attempted bigamy through attempting to marry Jane and leave his mentally
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