Byronic hero

Definitions

1. 1

   A character type originating in the works of Lord Byron, typically characterized by…

   A character type originating in the works of Lord Byron, typically characterized by introspection, arrogance, cynicism, emotional depth, and moral ambiguity; often alienated from society and at odds with conventional morality.

   • Childe Harold exemplifies the Byronic hero.
2. 2

   An archetype of a moody, brooding, rebellious, and self-destructive antihero found across…

   An archetype of a moody, brooding, rebellious, and self-destructive antihero found across later fiction and media, marked by intelligence, passion, and alienation from social norms.

   • Heathcliff, Edward Rochester, and Batman are often described as Byronic heroes.
   • The Byronic hero: temperamental, hedonistic and romantic. [...] After all, when Con first appears, dressed in dusty shades of purple like a retired royal, we already know he’s our Byronic hero.
   • Yes, the film argues that racist thinking warps your life and will ruin it, but it also presents Norton’s Derek Vinyard as a kind of Byronic hero.

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