Tony Stark: Byronic Hero

Tony Stark. Billionaire, genius, playboy, philanthropist. Even though he is a fictional character, he really is one of the people I look up to. He succeeds despite his environment, does what needs to be done, and pushes himself to succeed. Granted he has his bad traits too, but I think in any person the good out shines the bad. Tony Stark is no exception. He takes the bad that he does or is done to him and uses it to his advantage.

Stories of heroes have been told, written, and passed down since the beginning of time; each unique but following a tight pattern. Joseph Campbell was the first to notice this and wrote a book called The Hero With A Thousand Faces. Campbell wrote about the similarities of every hero’s journey while breaking it down into three steps: Departure, Initiation, and Return. In his book, Campbell compares many old Greek myths and heroic tales from centuries ago, and although he focuses on ancient myths, modern hero stories follow Campbell’s stages just as closely. Ironman is a prime example of a modern story that follows Campbell’s pattern. Tony Stark (Ironman) is an eccentric

A Byronic hero is an anti hero of the highest order. In the seventeenth century, William Shakespeare wrote the play Hamlet. Four centuries later, the television show Breaking Bad aired. Even with though these two pieces of media were written hundreds of years apart they still shared something in common, their main character was a Byronic hero. Hamlet from Hamlet and Walter White from Breaking Bad display the characteristics of an ultimate antihero. They are Byronic heroes because each have a troubled backstory, each are anti-heroes, both are criminals, have high intelligence and useful skills, and have deep rooted psychological and emotional issues.

An archetype is an universal theme or pattern in literature, television, and character. One of today's archetypes is superheroes. They all tend to start from a tragic, usually family death, background, but somehow they constantly want to ameliorate the world. Then at some point, they will discover a gift they have and use their inhuman powers towards the benefit of humanity. However, they all have a weakness that reminds them that they are human. They will learn to cope with their problems and eventually overcome it. My example of this archetype is Supergirl on the CW. Her family dies on Krypton, when it explodes, but sends her to Earth to take care of her cousin (Superman). Because he was already Superman when she arrived, she had

Lastly, a Byronic hero has genuine guilt. This requires more action than contemplating, and continuously reiterating that a tragedy by his hand occurred. Manfred possesses all of these traits; however, Victor lacks true remorse and retention of his independence.

In the beginning of Iron Man, the main protagonist, Tony Stark, was generally a bad person. He was an extreme example of the celebrity stereotype-- flashy, arrogant, self-absorbed, and rude. Stark took personal honors, as well as relationships with others, for granted. But that all changed when Stark was kidnapped by a terroristic rebel group. During his time as a prisoner, Tony saw what horrors his technology could be used for, and later escaped captivity humbled and changed. From the moment he returned, Stark’s character started growing into a caring and heroic figure. Specifically, Tony Stark emerged as a new man, actually caring for his assistant, Pepper Pots, being concerned about what

If you were to compare Tony Stark to Bruce Wayne again, they are similar in the way that they are both billionaire geniuses who use their money to fight crime. Their background stories are a little different, because of Bruce’s tragic upbringing after his parents were murdered. There are many comic book characters who become the hero they are because of a tragedy, like Spider Man and the death of Uncle Ben. Some heroes are a little different such as the Green Lanterns, they usually don’t have this devastating past; they are given a ring if they are found worthy, or Thor, who was born a God.

In the movie Superdeafy, a boy named Jacob Lang who is deaf struggles with life and school because he can’t hear. He as two parents that are both hearing but they both know ASL. His mother signs to him all the time but his father thinks they should not sign to Jacob. They put Jacob in a hearing class, and since Jacob cannot hear he is struggling and does not know what is going on in the classroom. Later on the in the movie I figure out that the teacher is still hearing but she knows ASL. Jacob loves this superhero named superdeafy or Tony. Well Tony is deaf and he has a show where he teaches kids how to sign and teaches them about deafness.

Nearly all heroes are faced with a variety of inconceivable tasks which in turn help to overcome obstacles that the character may face. In Spider-Man, Peter Parker is forced to overcome these impediments so that he can help protect the people in his city. The task that first illustrates this quest is Spider-Man’s revenge on the man who killed his uncle and committed robbery. To catch this criminal, though, Spider-Man has to learn how to use his mind: thinking quickly and on-the-spot. Not only does it take courage for Spider-Man to defeat this criminal, it takes quick reflexes that only his “spidey senses” can offer him. In the end, Spider-Man tricks the man and is successful in turning him into the police. Another example of a

A hero can teach many life lessons, morals and various other things. A hero is someone who can be seen as a role model or hope to people. A view of a hero is different to everyone. A hero can save someone from a fire, they can be there to give support or even enlighten people. My heroes may differ from another person writing this same paper. The title hero is given to people for multiple reasons.

All throughout my childhood, I had an extreme fascination with heroes, especially superheroes. Despite my complete distain of spiders, I wanted to shoot webs from my wrists and swing around the town all day long like Spider-Man. After the release of the Iron Man movie, I wanted nothing more than to be clever enough to build a full metal suit. Now that I am older, it is incredibly hard for me to decide which I would rather be. Both ended up in epic battles - like Spider-Man and the Sandman, and Iron Man (and the rest of the Avengers) against a whole fleet of an alien army. Although either of their lives are desirable, several of their attributes, such as their identities, their powers, how they acquired them, and their personalities

Byronic hero is said to be intelligent, cunning and able to adapt, mysterious as well as

When one starts reading Wuthering heights I’m sure they think to themselves that the book will be just another romantic novel. They wait for Heathcliff to come around the whole story, and for him and Catherine to end up together, but it doesn’t happen. This causes Heathcliff to get progressively, more and more alienated by the people around him. He only wants what he can’t have and this is why he is referred to as a Byronic Hero. It is my intention to prove Heathcliff as a Byronic Hero by classifying him under the six attributes of the archetype.

A superhero is a person who possesses immense herculean strength and sorcerous abilities. Many superheroes can accomplish this, but there is one that can do this more exceptional than any other! This superhero is extremely important in Norse mythology as he is the God of Thunder. He was gifted with an enchanted hammer which can only be lifted by someone who is worthy enough. The hammer can control elements of storms like lightning, wind and thunder to help him vanquish his enemies. Did you ever question yourself who this amazing superhero could be? This splendid superhero’s name is Thor! Thor is the most supreme superhero of all time because he has super strength, his perceiving personality and his enchanted hammer called Mjolnir. Thor’s super powers play a major role when fighting villains to serve justice.

The Byronic Hero is a term derived from the poetic narrative, Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron. Though the idea of the Byronic Hero originated with the creation of Byron’s characters, Byron himself possessed the physical features associated with the Byronic Hero. These features include dark brooding eyes, dark hair, pale skin and a slender frame. The Byronic hero derived from Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, strays away from the typical “hero” role by possessing dual characteristics of good as well as evil, “And had been glorious in another day: but