The Byronic Heroes About 6,000 years ago, the heroes were very different from the heroes we know who existed in the Romantic and Modern times (Byronic 1). Most of these heroes were different in the sense that they stood out in every way from the ordinary people around them. The stories of these heroes existed mainly in ancient Greek times. The stories of Hercules, Achilles, Odysseus, Perseus, Theseus and Orpheus defined the heroes of this period until the 1700s, towards the end of the Romantic era (Le 1). However, with the transition following the Romantic era, literary conceptions of the characteristics of a hero changed significantly as people began to look toward a more tangible and accessible protagonist, thus leading us to the hero byronic. The hero of the Greek and Romantic era was and still is that a hero is more physically capable and more knowledgeable in areas such as the spiritual world, street thinking and school (Le 1). They also benefit from the support of commoners and the commoners look up to the heroes rather than being on the same level. A Byronic hero is defined as a person as perfect as a hero but imperfect as a human, in other words, is neither stronger nor more intelligent, but possesses qualities and attributes that benefit those who follow him. surround in a more subtle way (Fleming 1). George Gordon Byron, also known as Lord Byron, in his dramatic poem Manfred, first introduced us to the Byronic hero (American 1). Throughout Lord Byron's life, he encountered several incidents of heartbreak, difficult trials and toadstools that ultimately led him to characterize a Byronic hero, following the characteristics of his own life. Like Byron, Manfred recounts his agony because a dark secret from his middle of paper ...... the Phantom of the Opera shows the hero as an outwardly regular but inwardly different person (Fleming 2). The world of Disney has a major impact on today's society. In several films such as The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Beauty and the Beast, and Aladdin, we see the Byronic hero as a peasant, belonging to a lower class and less worthy of being held within society (Byronic 1). Without the Byronic hero, today's literature and media would be completely different and we might not have the same courses and classes available in today's generation. So with the transition out of the Romance era, writers like Lord Byron inspired the recreation of a hero figure in the literary aspect of story writing and without this sudden shift in interest we would admire always the perfect, flawless Greek hero greater than our relatable and tangible Byronic hero.