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Works Cited

Shmoop Editorial Team. "Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights" Shmoop.com. Shmoop University, Inc., 11 Nov. 2008. Web. 1 Apr. 2012.

Bronte, Emily. Wuthering Heights. London: Penguin, 1985. Print.

"Byronic Hero." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com. Web. 01 Apr. 2012.

"Love in "Wuthering Heights"" Love in "Wuthering Heights" 14 Mar. 2011. Web. 01 Apr. 2012.

Other famous Byronic Heroes

  • Oedipus, from Oedipus Rex
  • The Beast, from Beauty and the Beast
  • Rochester, from Jane Eyre
  • Frollo, from the Hunchback of Notre Dame
  • James Steerforth, from David Copperfield

Elements of a Byronic hero:

  • Must have certain strength in character
  • Cynical
  • Self assured and quick-witted
  • Is not necessarily evil, but must capable of seemingly evil deeds
  • Probably considered more of a rebel than a hero
  • Self-destructive
  • Having a troubled past or suffering from an unnamed crime
  • Mysterious, magnetic and charismatic
  • Sophisticated and educated
  • Struggles with integrity
  • Treated as an exile, outcast, or outlaw

Elements that make Heathcliff a Byronic hero:

  • Heathcliff enter the Earnshaw home as an orphan, and was mistreated, soon becoming a product of abuse and neglect in the house. He is also not given the surname Earnshaw, like the rest of his adopted family.

  • Heathcliff has a very dark and mysterious vibe to himself. He is a complex character with pleasant surprises and also faults to his character which makes him not good, but not necessarily bad.

  • He also is one to give many threats, and it is questionable if there is anyone he really cares for besides Catherine.

What Is a Byronic Hero?

A kind of hero found in several of the works of Lord Byron. Like Byron himself, a Byronic hero is a melancholy and rebellious young man, distressed by a terrible wrong he committed in the past.

  • Byronic heroes were very popular in times of Gothic literature.

  • This was because of the major influences from works by Lord Byron in the 19th century.

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