ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Byronic heroes are arrogant, intelligent, educated outcasts, who somehow balance their cynicism and self-destructive tendencies with a mysterious magnetism and attraction, particularly for heroines.

Detailed explanation-2: -A Byronic hero exhibits several characteristic traits, and in many ways he can be considered a rebel. The Byronic hero does not possess “heroic virtue” in the usual sense; instead, he has many dark qualities.

Detailed explanation-3: -So while Byronic heroes often taken the role of the romantic lead (and become rather famous, beloved, and even infamous ones at that), they are not very good romantic leads. They’re not just mysterious but manipulative. They’re not just angsty but treating those around them horribly.

Detailed explanation-4: -Edmond Dantes from Alexandre Dumas’ The Count of Monte Cristo (1844), Heathcliff from Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights (1847), and Rochester from Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre (1847) are other later 19th-century examples of Byronic heroes.