what is a byronic hero
Byronic Hero. Definition: Cooked up by the  mad, bad, and dangerous to know  Lord Byron, a Byronic hero is an antihero of the highest order. He (or she) is typically rebellious, arrogant, anti-social or in exile, and darkly, enticingly romantic.he origins of the Byronic hero can be traced to John Milton 's Satan in Paradise Lost. For Byron's version, check out his poem Childe Harolde's Pilgrimage. The notoriously swoon-worthy Heathcliff in Emily Bronte's novel Wuthering Heights is also a very famous Byronic hero.