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Byronic v. Anti Heroes
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Byronic v. Anti Hero
Modern Examples
There have been thousands of books, TV shows, movies, and books that have been written about or include an antihero or many antiheroes.
Byronic v. Anti Heroes
Movies
Books and songs
- Jack Sparrow from Pirates of the Caribbean
- Severus Snape from Harry Potter
- Patrick Bateman from American Psycho
- Antonio Salieri from Amadeus
- Katniss Everdeen from The Hunger Games
- Books
- Holden Caulfield from "The Cater in the Rye"
- Huckleberry Finn from "Huckleberry Finn"
- Jay Gatsby from "Great Gatsby"
- Prince Hamlet from "Hamlet
- Songs
- "The Weakness in Me" by Joan Armatrading
Byronic Hero
ANTI-HERO
BYRONIC
- not good-liking
- typically a criminal or from lower walk of life
- lacks heroic traits
- weak and confused
- lack of courage and honesty
- rebellious
- arrogant
- antisocial or in exile
- enticingly romantic
- moody
- against tradition
- troubled past
- demanding
- typically good-looking
- has a darker side
- some sort of a hero
- unorthodox hero
- rejected
- most likely has a troubled past
- Created by Lord Byron in the 19th century
- 1st byronic hero in Byron's epic poem, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
- Romantic hero archetype
- created in response to boredom of orthodox romantic charcters
- emotional and physiological complexities
Resources
Modern Examples
- Movies
- Mr. Darcy for Jane Austin's Pride and Prejudice
- Loki from Marvel series
- Annakin Skywalker and Han Solo from Star Wars
- Bruce Wayne/Batman
- TV shows
- Damon in the Vampire Series
- Dean from Supernatural
- Lex Luther from Smallville
Songs and books
- Books
- "Wuthering Heights" by Emily Bonte
- "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Bonte
- "Harry Potter" by J. K. Rowling
- Songs
- "Hero" by Superchick
- Administrator. Heroes-Literary Overview (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
- Mind-Wolf. "Loki." <i>Deviant Art</i>. N.p., 22 Mar. 2014. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth_Vader
- http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/superchick/hero.html
- https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/byronic-hero
- http://www.harleysvillebooks.com/celebrate-all-things-harry-potter
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fictional_antiheroes
- http://artists.letssingit.com/10-things-i-hate-about-you-lyrics-joan-armatrading-the-weakness-in-me-o3277sz#axzz3s5vwLbXq
Anti-hero
- both good and bad qualities
- popular archetype
- admired by audiences
- second best; protagonist is first
- people relate to anti-heroes more than most archetypes
- faces many struggles in life
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