In Charlotte's "Jane Eyre" the part of Byronic hero is played by Rochester and in "Wuthering Heights," Emily's literary work, Heathcliff is nearly the definition of the Byronic hero. ... The time period and the Byronic hero being a popular new character type to write about, "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights" are classics that have stood the test of time because of this internal conflict created by their depictions of their brother aka the Byronic hero in their writings....

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