The Byronic Hero Task

Look for a celebrity, musician, actor/ress that fits with the Byronic hero model or impersonates some of
the characteristics below mentioned and prepare a 2/3-minute presentation explaining the reasons of
your choice. Then upload the .ppt file on the corresponding task on Campus Virtual.

• An exile, an outcast, or an outlaw

• Arrogant, magnetic, or charismatic
• Emotionally conflicted or moodiness
• High level of intelligence and perception
• Self-destructive behavior
• A distaste for social institutions and norms
• Sophisticated and well-educated
• Seductive and sexually-appealing
• Struggles with integrity
• Mysterious past, unspecified sin, and suffering
• Manipulative: self-serving
• Pursuing justice over matters of legality
• Masterful: able to command
• Self-critical and introspective: self-aware