I would have liked to be introduced to Mademoiselle Eugénie Danglars, but we have ample time ahead of us and that we can wait till later.' With this reflection he climbed into his carriage and returned home" (205). 'I've accomplished my aim: the Danglars' domestic peace is now in my hands and I'm about to win the gratitude of both the baron and the baroness at one stroke.
"Very good!' thought the count as he left. Since, this quote displays that Edmond has undergone tremendous emotional torture, that has now caused him to resort to hatred and darkness, it displays that this is one reason why Edmond is a byronic hero. He now has changed the values of his life and dedicated them to vengeance because he has been in so much emotional and physical pain while being in prison. This sudden shift in Edmond now changing into a man of evil and dark thoughts, displays his emotional torture that he has undergone while being in prison. It explains he wants to use this fortune to inflict the maximum amount of pain into the individuals that caused his life to be destroyed.
It states that he wants to oppose the thoughts of Faria and instead of using this fortune for good, he wants to use it for punishment and revenge. In the quote stated above, the author explains the thoughts of Dantés as he is reminded of this treasure and fortune he could possess one day. Faria explained to Dantés of a treasure he knew of and explained he was going to give this treasure to Edmond, because he believed him to be a non-biological son of his. At those moments Dantés' face would darken, for he remembered the oath of vengeance he had sworn, and he thought of how much harm a man could do to his enemies in our modern times with such a fortune" (72).ĭuring the time of his imprisonment, Dantés befriended a man by the name of Faria. "Everyday he spoke of the immensity of the treasure, explaining to Dantés all the good a man could do for his friends in our modern times with such a fortune. Since, this quote displays that he has undergone an entire transformation from "light to dark" because he has been traumatized, it therefore demonstrates one reason why he is a byronic hero. This quote explains how Edmond has been traumatized from his torture he went through while suffering in prison.
It conveys how he has now changed from a happy, optimistic individual, to a serious man who is now very depressed and has a deep hatred for those who have caused him this immense amount of pain and suffering. The statement above explains how his entire appearance and personality has changed after he has been wrongly imprisoned. In the quote stated above, it explains how his emotional torture contributed to his physical appearance and current mental state after he had escaped from prison. This major event in his life caused his body to display how traumatizing this unjust imprisonment was for him. His oval face had lengthened his smiling lips had taken on the firm lines of resolution his eyebrows had become arched beneath a single thoughtful wrinkle his eyes wore a look of deep sadness, with occasional flashes of dark hatred his skin, which had been away from the sunlight for so long, had grown pale the deep learning he had acquired reflected in his face by an expression of intelligent self-confidence" (85).Įdmond Dantés was emotionally tortured and traumatized throughout his entire imprisonment. He had entered the Château d'If with the round, smiling face of a happy young man who has made a good beginning in life and who counts on the future to unfold itself as a natural deduction from the past. "He was now thirty-three years old, as we have said, and his fourteen years of prison had greatly altered his face. Not only are byronic hero's many of these characteristics, they also stay only loyal to themselves and their own individual values.
Some of these characteristics include: being very intelligent, ruthless, arrogant, depressive, violent, self-aware, emotionally tortured, traumatized, manipulative, spiritually doubtful, suicidal, susceptible to bursts of anger, and dedicated to pursing matters of justice over matters of legality. Characteristics of a Byronic HeroĪ byronic hero can encompass a wide range of characteristics. His characters had characteristics that were a modified version of the traditional romantic hero, therefore a new type of hero was created to encompass all of the characteristics of this new form of hero. This new hero emerged with the characters created by an English Romantic poet named Lord Byron. A byronic hero is a variation of the traditional romantic hero that was normally recognized in literature before and during the Romantic Period.