George told in an interview: And the character I’d want to be? Well who wouldn’t want to be Jon Snow — the brooding, Byronic, romantic hero whom all the girls love. I'm ashamed to admit that I am unfamiliar with Lord Byron's work, so I don't really know what that means. And also, what girls is George talking about? The ones Jon meets or Jon's girl fans? Or maybe both?
Ben Stokes is basically English cricket's Byronic hero analog.
The mysterious badboy lonewolf who plays by his own set of rules -- none. Standing alone on the moor, thunderstorm raging all about him as he pines for his lost glory.
Passionate but wounded, you want to be the one to help him heal...to fix him. To know him and understand him. But he's closed himself to the world, so you can never quite reach him. Still, there's unexplored depth in those still, dark waters...maybe you could be the one to tame him. To be special enough to be the one to touch his heart. To feel the safeness of your head on his chest, and have his strong protective arms wrap around you. To disappear into them and just live there, forever...
I always had a soft spot for these kinds of characters. Doesn't have to be old timey if you can think of something modern with a character like this
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Examples: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte // Venetia by Georgette Heyer
I suppose a rec doesn't have to be in the Georgian/Regency period although you'll find that most are. I love all of these Austen/Heyer (and of course others) but the happily ever after is not that at all. How can it be when the book ends with the hope of a marriage and nothing after? I want to read about the marriage or even life afterwards, not just some post-script that says "and then we got married and had kids".
Its autumn here and I'm in the mood for a broody man with a tragic past who just happens to desperately fall in love with the one person he shouldn't. Heh.
Anyone else just shut down that empathetic side or efforts to acheive and become hedonistic and coldhearted? The rest is all just my personal story of one time I came to this point recently.
I have had a soft spot for people who act destructively because of their mental health issues ever since I was a kid. My dad had schizophrenia and was abusive to my mom, but over the top kind to me. There was a custody battle when I was 10 or so, and whenever I would talk to him my mom's boyfriend would ask for 5 minutes or some other increment of time before I called. So I put together they were tapping the phone or at least it was a possibility(this bore out-I got screamed at for asking about it and later on was told calls were recorded but they didn't need them in court because he wouldn't take a blood test).
Anyway, so I would redirect him when he started saying stuff that could get him in trouble and tried to tell him in person but oddly the paranoid schizphrenic disagreed(my dad and I made light of everything so tone carries over here).
Which seems to play out in my daily life with miscellaneous conversations, trying to get people off of negative thinking or to help them see the world more clearly(the objective things for reality, and to strengthen their own personal philosophies when I see discrepancies between their stated beliefs and actions/words. But in a way that's "throwing stuff out there" so they can have awareness or the potential for awareness independently and make their own decisions)
I was with someone for a very long time who had a really bad mental break and left and harangued me for a month or so and listened to their world view and tried to see myself through their lens and fix problems and treat them the way they said they wanted to be. At the same time I tried to soak up the world's problems and figure out a way I could add to things, and felt selfish for choosing a field I liked(psychology) rather than one more needed. While trying harder than ever for just a tedious job for the sake of the community there(knowing my slack would add burdens to others) while trying to caee for the people around me and shutting off traits that were attractive to people because I felt I was manipulative or selfish trying to do something for the purpose of getting them to enjoy my company.
Which sounds like a lot when I write it out. I ended up reaching my breaking point slowly and was very rude and stressed. Eventually I started to actively care less abou
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Like I said above, these are just some of the things I would like to take on in order for Montana to grow in its prosperity, and for the people to live a good life!
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A Byronic hero takes inspiration from lord Byron himself as well as the characters in his books, and many examples can be found in classic literature (mr Rochester, heathcliff, Edmond Dantes, etc.)
“Historian and critic Lord Macaulay described the [byronic hero] as ‘a man proud, moody, cynical, with defiance on his brow, and misery in his heart, a scorner of his kind, implacable in revenge, yet capable of deep and strong affection.’” (Source: Wikipedia)
I think this describes a lot of Edward’s character attributes and we know that Stephenie Meyer is a fan of classic literature. I think it’s more than plausible he was inspired by classic Byronic heroes like Mr Rochester, who I see a lot parallels. Do you agree?
Something I've been thinking about recently. Any literary fans think Luffy might fit some of the criteria for being a Byronic Hero. My understanding is that a Byronic Hero is, in a nutshell, a hero who is crazy. They tend to have wild mood swings, are heedless of their own mortality, and are generally not compliant with authority. Sounds like Luffy, right? In Childe Harrold's Pilgrimage, the titular character is seen playing a harp on the bow of a ship in storm, something that even the hardened sailors panic at. Pretty sure we've seen Luffy laughing his ass off in the middle of a typhon.
I'm curious what anyone else thinks or if I'm getting my definitions mixed up.
Its really hard getting a decent roll on Y3 primaries, especially vanguard/crucible ones and all of us are sick of the Y2 guns by now.
I'm currently doing English work (from home, do to the virus) and I wondered if anybody knew any examples of Byronic heroes within Stranger Things. I'm struggling to think of any, but perhaps they're more obvious than I realise? Or perhaps there aren't any. Any and all help is appreciated!
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- bonus points if you find a byronic heroine!!!
My favourite books are always character driven. The characters that appeal to me the most, have characteristics typical for byronic heroes - they are dark, troubled, conflicted, very introspective, brooding, violent, turbulent, confident to the point of being arrogant, highly intelligent, yet very passionate and emotional, egotistical, and above all - ambitious. They are either anti-villians or anti-heroes.
However, there are few books, especially modern ones, which cater to my tastes and actually execute this trope well. It should be complex character, not some boring-brooding bad boy.
I will give you good examples from my favourite works of fiction:
- Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights
- Kurtz from Heart of Darkness
- Yennefer of Vengerberg and Geralt of Rivia from The Witcher (books)
- Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
- Lady Macbeth and Macbeth (basically most of my favourite Shakespeare characters should be here)
- Satan from Paradise Lost
- Karl Moor from The Robbers
- captain James Flint from Black Sails (tv show, but that's a great example)
- Richard III
- Frankenstein
Other characters that may not be byronic heroes, but fit the trope for me: Hamlet, Titus Andronicus, Ivan and Dymitr Karamazov from Brothers Karamazov, Cersei and Jaime Lannister from ASOIAF, Harry Haller from The Steppenwolf (kinda), Rodion Raskolnikov from The Crime and Punishment, Medea, Henry and Richard from The Secret History, Paul Atreides from Dune, Dustfinger from Ink Heart
It does not necessarily have to be a traditional byronic hero, I just want something which features characters that posses some of the qualities mentioned above and really make me feel something...
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So I'm trying to decide which mbti type best fits this trope.
On one HAND, the ISTP seems to be a good fit. They think of themselves, are sufficiently PUNK and they are Aces.
On the other HAND you've got the INTJ who really is a determinator like the ISTP. Except instead of just keeping things simple, they come up with their own vision of how the world should be.
.. But ENTJ also can do this. Like light Yagami. The problem is some ENTJ just accept the world as it is, seeking to abuse the system instead of fix it the way ISTP or INTJ would. But an ENTJ who doesn't sell out to society and is punk is actually terrifying.
Then you have ESTP who can be the ultimate byronic hero but limited only by their intelligence. An ESTP with unimaginable skill, determination and intelligence could technically be the most overpowered type of all.
Who do you think makes the ultimate edgy cool Grim dark badass byronic anti hero?
I tend to love any "snarker with a heart of gold" type character. Dark, a little (or a lot) damaged, but trying...ok? The type of character that might fit the classic Byronic Hero trope.
Any modern (1970s through present) books with a major and memorable character like this?
I prefer literary fiction but open to anything if the character is great.
"Ian McLagan did a stint in Dylan’s backing band in the early ’80s, an experience he shared in his memoir, All the Rage. Turns out Bob was a tetchy bandleader. Before a gig in Rome, Dylan appears in the band’s dressing room wearing “a black drape jacket with a white high-collar shirt.” McLagan tells him, “You’re looking very Byronic tonight” and is then confused when Dylan stews over the comment for several days. Almost a week later, in Barcelona, Dylan asks, ‘Hey, Ian, at the show in Rome, why did you call me moronic?’”
From this article with other good Bob stories
One of us here has argued that Alexandra is not a classical hero like Harry Potter but more like a Classical Greek or Byronic hero: proud, flawed, driven by forces beyond their control. Today, I've read a blog post that made me keenly aware that Alexandra Quick books, despite their modern trappings, have this ancient, epic quality to them, as described by Stefani Echeverria-Fenn:
>"In a cultural moment of the new, the innovative, a hyper-individualistic notion of “choice” and “the self-made man” within neoliberalism, it was the old poems that spoke to me. The ones that acknowledged that we are who we are only in the context of community, lineage, the heavy weight of both personal and collective histories. How sometimes, we lose: profoundly and without recourse."
How does this change our understanding of Alexandra? Is there any hope of conventional life for her? Or is she fated to go down blazing like a shooting star, stories of her to be told for generations?
