Silent, Lone, as Grows a Flower : The Ideal Heroine in Byron\u27s Don Juan

After establishing that the women in Don Juan play a strong role, the next question that appears deals with the Byronic hero. Byron\u27s 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