... their own family experiences the Byronic hero is so prevalent throughout their novels, "Jane Eyre," and, "Wuthering Heights," by using psychoanalytic and postcolonial criticisms. Rochester and Heathcliff are described by the Bronte's as near perfect models of a Byronic hero. Both are handsome, but also with dark past secrets. Emily Bronte goes as far as describing ... of God," and, "as dark almost as if it came from the devil," (Bronte, E 77). Rochester and Heathcliff both share the quality of want for a woman they can't have, which is also a very common trait of the hero character crea...

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