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Byronic Hero

  • Why I Ship Erik, Rooting for Villains and Byronic Heroes

    Welcome to the Final Day of Phantom of the Opera Week here on White Rose of Avalon my Darlings! Today’s topic is why I root for Erik, and villains and Byronic Heroes in general.   Anyone who is familiar with my blog here will know that I am a huge lover of anti-heroes, Byronic Heroes,…

  • Heathcliff as Byronic Hero

    Anyone who knows me knows that I adore classic literature, and my favorite classic novel is Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights!    In honor of this today’s post is devoted to the character of Heathcliff.   Heathcliff is often named as a Gothic Villain, and he does bare many markers of the term, but he better…