gothic fiction byronic hero
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When "Twilight" peaked and became a movie, this presentation put Bella and Edward's relationship in the context of literary history. It works with any look at romantic doom. The second half is a summary of "Wuthering Heights". Note that the first slide about "Watership Down" was only to suggest a reading; it has nothing to do with the rest of the slide show.TRANSCRIPT
Read: Watership Down
• He stalks victims.• Inside, he is a vicious wolf.• Comes into woman’s bedroom when asleep.• Preys on young virgin women.• Victims are often asleep.• Travels at night, often alone.
Love vs. LustSex vs. RapeLove vs. Luv
Attention vs. StalkingEmotion vs. Drama
Thing Within
Thing Without
Thing with No Name
Gothic Fictionor
Gothic Horror
A combination of horror and romance
• Terror (both psychological and physical)• Mystery• The supernatural• Ghosts• haunted houses and Gothic architecture• Castles• Darkness• Death• Decay• Doubles• Madness• Secrets• hereditary curses.
• Tyrants• Villains• Bandits• Maniacs• Byronic heroes• Persecuted maidens• Femmes fatales• Madwomen• Magicians• Vampires• Werewolves• Monsters• Demons• Revenants• Ghosts• Perambulating skeletons• The Wandering Jew• The Devil himself.
Byronic Hero
George Gordon Byron,a.k.a. Noel, 6th Baron Byrona.k.a. Lord Byron
22 January 1788–19 April 1824
She Walks in Beauty
She walks in beauty, like the night Of cloudless climes and starry skies; And all that 's best of dark and bright Meet in her aspect and her eyes: Thus mellow'd to that tender light Which heaven to gaudy day denies. One shade the more, one ray the less, Had half impair'd the nameless grace Which waves in every raven tress, Or softly lightens o'er her face; Where thoughts serenely sweet express How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.
And on that cheek, and o'er that brow, So soft, so calm, yet eloquent, The smiles that win, the tints that glow, But tell of days in goodness spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent!
Byronic Hero
• The Byronic hero is an idealized but flawed character exemplified in the life and writings of Lord Byron.
• Characterized by his ex-lover Lady Caroline Lamb as being "mad, bad and dangerous to know".
• high level of intelligence and perception
Dr. Gregory House: House M.D.
• cunning and able to adapt
Mr. Kurtz: Heart of Darkness
• sophisticated and educated
Victor Frankenstein: Frankenstein
• self-critical and introspective
Hamlet: Hamlet
• mysterious, magnetic and charismatic
Aragorn: Lord of the Rights
• struggling with integrity
Francis Macomber: Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber
• power of seduction and sexual attraction
Don Juan: Don Juan
• social and sexual dominance
James Bond: Ian Fleming’s James Bond
• emotional conflicts, bipolar tendencies, or moodiness
Batman: The Dark Knight
• a distaste for social institutions and norms
James Stark: Rebel Without a Cause
• being an exile, an outcast, or an outlaw
Johnny: The Wild One
• "dark" attributes not normally associated with a hero
Sawyer: Lost
• disrespect of rank and privilege
Mr. Darcy: Pride and Prejudice
• a troubled past
Jean Valjean: Les Misreables
• cynicism
Sydney Carton: Tale of Two Cities
• arrogance
Raskolnikov: Crime and Punishment
• self-destructive behavior
Heathcliff: Wuthering Heights
Wuthering HeightsEmily Bronte
Wuthering Heights in a Nutshell1970 Trailer
Mr. Earnshaw
Catherine Hindley Heathcliff
Edgar Linton Catherine Hindley Heathcliff
Edgar Linton Catherine Hindley
Hareton
Heathcliff Isabella
Edgar Linton Catherine
Cathy
Heathcliff
Hareton
Isabella
Linton
Edgar Linton
Cathy
Heathcliff
Hareton Linton
Edgar Linton
Cathy
Heathcliff
Linton
Heathcliff
Hareton Cathy
Edgar Linton Catherine Heathcliff
Wuthering HeightsEmily Bronte
Wuthering Heights in a Nutshell1992 Trailer