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

Is Heathcliff a typical literary hero?Heathcliff is introduced to the reader as anything nevertheless a hero in thebeginning. He is bullied by Hindley and looked down upon by the restof the household, including Cathy and Nelly to start with -hardened,perhaps, to ill-treatment he would stand Hindleys blows, spittingat the stupid little thing. Heathcliff does not sight himself to beterribly helpful, kind or brave although he does seem to show an airof strength and resilience when Hindley decides to throw a heavy cargo at him. But instead of throwing it back or running away he justpicks himself up and carries on with what he was doing- and down hefell, but staggered up immediately,.... As a child Heathcliff wasquite patient 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 strong and athletic but is in no waygood-natured as the way he acts throughout the whole book shows you wish- Dont torture me till I am as sick of(p) as yourself The heroicqualities we see today in our popular super heroes and other moreoriginal 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 same qualities as a Byronic hero because he is wild andpassionate and has umpteen dark qualities, Heathcliff is veryremorse-torn and moody these qualities may have ... ... without anyemotion in his life. She shows this when she talks of Heathcliff andcontrasts the both of them- Whatever our souls atomic number 18 made of, his andmine are the same and Lintons is as divers(prenominal) as a moonbeam fromlightning, or frost from fire.Both Edgar and Heathcliff do not have what it takes to be a heros,Edgar is in addition nice and emotionless and Heathcliff is too full ofemotion, anger 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 sparingly evil and hedoes represent the opposite side of a hero, he possesses all the badqualities and mysterious qualities that make him a Byronic hero.