Byronic Heroes
OK, Digital Video was the class in which I earned my lowest grade in grad school. Since I took the class, I have become a little more proficient. I made this video to teach my British literature students about the Byronic hero.
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What software did you use? The video looks great, but where's Rhett Butler? 🙂 It looks like a great opener for a lesson.
Ah Rhett could totally have been in there. I used iMovie.
Reminded me of this: http://ape5.edu.glogster.com/byronic-heroes/
Oh yes! I had not seen that. Thanks for sharing it.
Check out
– particularly starting right before the two-minute mark. 😉
Totally Byronic. He is kind of Heathcliffian, although perhaps not as unhinged as Heathcliff.
And here too… although it's pinched. I am TOTALLY going to buy this miniseries after we get caught up on our bills 😛
Nice brooding in that one. I love the snow.
Oh, and this just crossed my radar on Twitter via @JustJaneAusten: http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_let-us-w…
This is really fun. I am showing it on Monday=we are mired in the mess that is Victor Frankenstein. Funny how cardboard Edward Cullen looks next to the real deal, huh?
I think you just improved your grade….
Yeah, I see what you mean. He is, however, a good way to introduce the concept to our students given their familiarity with him.
oh yes–They ALL get Edward, though I am myself a Team Jacob member. The girls have forgiven me, though.
Is 'passionate' a required characteristic for Byronic heroes? Cuz I feel like the way you can tell the difference between 'brooding' and just plain 'sulking' is that a character who is brooding is intense because he (or she!) is trying to restrain that passion.
I would say yes. Though they may not always show it.