Byronic Hero Assignment

Byronic Hero Assignment

Attribute: | How the character shows it: | Textual Support: | Conflicting emotions by polar tendencies or moodiness | Heathcliff shows this when he was excited for Catherine to come home, then he was upset | “With that he dashed head foremost out of the room, amid the merriment of the master and mistress, and to the serious disturbance of Catherine; who could not comprehend how her remarks should have produced such an exhibition of bad temper.” (pg. 49) | Self-destructive | Heathcliff would take the pain that he got without really minding it that much | “…he would stand Hindley’s blows without winking or shedding a tear, and my pinches moved him only to draw in a breath and open his eyes, as if he had hurt himself
35) | A lack of respect for rank and privilege; being an exile, outcast, or outlaw | Heathcliff doesn’t respect the Linton’s at all because they looked down on him | “…and I would have been there too, but they had not the manners to ask me to stay.” (pg. 43)
He seized a tureen of hot apple sauce, the first thing that came under his gripe, and dashed it full against the speaker’s face and neck…” (pgs. 53-54) | Being cynical, demanding, and arrogant; self-destructive; a lack of respect for rank and privilege | Heathcliff will get Hindley back for everything that he has done to him, later on | “I’m trying to settle how I shall pay Hindley back. I don’t care how long I wait, if I can only do it at last. I hope he will not die before I do!” (pg. 56) | Loner, often rejected from society | Heathcliff overheard Catherine say how it would degrade her to marry him and he left | “Ere this speech ended, I became sensible of Heathcliff’s presence. Having noticed a slight movement, I turned my head, and saw him rise from the bench, and steal out noiselessly. He had listened till her heard Catherine say it would degrade her to marry him, and then he staid to hear no farther.” (pg. 75)