Is Heathcliff a typical literary hero? Essay -- English Literature

Is Heathcliff a typical literary hero?Heathcliff is introduced to the reader as anything but a hero in thebeginning. He is bullied by Hindley and looked pot upon by the restof the household, including Cathy and Nelly to start with -hardened,perhaps, to ill-treatment he would stand Hindleys b small(a)s, tongueat the stupid little thing. Heathcliff does not collection himself to beterribly helpful, kind or brave although he does fulfillm to show an airof strength and resilience when Hindley decides to throw a heavy heaviness at him. But instead of throwing it back or running out-of-door he justpicks himself up and carries on with what he was doing- and d cause hefell, but staggered up immediately,.... As a child Heathcliff wasquite unhurried and irritable and did not have any real background oreducation. He is supposedly handsome and loyal (to Cathy) but has verylow morals (he tried to kill Isabellas dog when they ran off toWuthering Heights)- . He is vehement and athletic but i s in no waygood-natured as the way he acts throughout the whole book shows you comparable- Dont torture me public treasury I am as mad as yourself The heroicqualities we see today in our popular super heroes and other more captain characters like Sherlock Holmes, all originated from Greeklegends like Hercules and Perseus and from Bible stories like Davidand Goliath.Heathcliff does not seem to follow any of the patterns in these otherheroes or act like them, but more like the opposite. Heathcliff couldbe analysed as a anti or Byronic hero Heathcliff does show himself tohave the alike qualities as a Byronic hero because he is wild and loving and has many a(prenominal) dark qualities, Heathcliff is veryremorse-torn and moody these qualities may have ... ... without anysensation in his life. She shows this when she talks of Heathcliff andcontrasts the both of them- Whatever our souls are made of, his and tap are the same and Lintons is as different as a moon-ray fromlightning, or f rost from fire.Both Edgar and Heathcliff do not have what it takes to be a heros,Edgar is too nice and emotionless and Heathcliff is too full ofemotion, petulance and hate. Together their qualities could make a hero,but on there own they are two different things. Heathcliffs qualitiesshow him to be the opposite to a classic literary hero, so he could bethe Byronic hero who is wild, passionate and possesses many hiddendarker qualities. Heathcliff is passionate, he is slightly evil and hedoes wreak the opposite side of a hero, he possesses all the badqualities and dim qualities that make him a Byronic hero.