Document Type
Thesis - University Access Only
Award Date
1994
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department / School
English
First Advisor
Mildred Flynn
Abstract
After establishing that the women in Don Juan play a strong role, the next question that appears deals with the Byronic hero. Byron's poetry supposedly "existed for his hero" (Thorslev 4). Where is this hero in Don Juan? The male protagonist certainly does not fit the role. Thus, we are left with the powerful suite of female characters. Each female protagonist whom Juan encounters displays traits possessed by the Byronic heroes of Romantic literature. Thus, the audience meets the Byronic hero as the female characters in Don Juan are introduced. The conglomeration of the women that Juan encounters creates the Byronic hero that many readers find missing in this epic.
Library of Congress Subject Headings
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824. Don Juan
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 -- Characters -- Heroines
Heroines in literature
Format
application/pdf
Publisher
South Dakota State University
Recommended Citation
Talsma, Darla R., ""Silent, Lone, as Grows a Flower": The Ideal Heroine in Byron's Don Juan" (1994). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 32.
https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd2/32
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