What is a Byronic Hero? - Literature Stack Exchange I just saw this post: Was Heathcliff intentionally made a Byronic Hero? Not being familiar with literary terminology, I have no idea what a Byronic Hero is I had read Wuthering Heights long ago (
Could Becky Sharp in Vanity Fair be considered a Byronic heroine? Wikipedia, ' Byronic hero ' Becky Sharp is a character that seems to almost be miserable through constent discontent, and is often seen as unlikable, because her obsession with wealth and schemes only affords her to show little to no kindness to others, unless it suits her self interest
Can Byronic heroes be funny? - Literature Stack Exchange I'm learning about the different hero archetypes As far as I know, Byronic heroes are charismatic, passionate, and flawed, among others But can they be humorous? I can't think of any examples off
What was the ethnicity of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights? TL;DR: Heathcliff’s ethnicity is ambiguous To the other characters, his appearance strikes them as foreign, but they cannot say with any certainty where he appears to be from Mr Earnshaw’s unsatisfactory account of Heathcliff’s origins, together with his preference for the boy, lead us to suspect that Heathcliff may be his illegitimate mixed-race son Descriptions Lockwood says that
Did Pushkin ever deliberately copy the style of anyone else? Beginning, or less talented, writers often consciously or subconsciously imitate the style of earlier creators Are any works by Pushkin (past the age of 20) known to copy someone else's style,
Trending vanity-fair questions - Literature Stack Exchange Could Becky Sharp in "Vanity Fair" be considered a Byronic heroine? I was recently rereading William Makepeace Thackeray's novel, Vanity Fair as it follows the lives of two distinct female characters, Becky Sharp and Emmy Sedley I also have read that Thackeray
Byrons transition from Manfred to Don Juan Manfred is more serious compared to Don Juan's light heartedness While Manfred lives within the realm of seriousness and continuous self-pity, Don Juan lives in the realm of cynicism as it brings