1. The Byronic and Tragic Hero

2. Byronic Hero Character Traits
A distaste for social institutions and norms
An exile, an outcast, or an outlaw
Arrogant
Cunning and ability to adapt
Cynical
“Dark” attributes not normally associated with a hero
Disrespectful of rank and privilege
Emotionally conflicted, bipolar tendencies, or moodiness

3. Byronic Hero Character Traits
High level of intelligence and perception
Mysterious, magnetic, and charismatic
Power of seduction and attraction
Self-critical and introspective
Self-destructive behavior
Social and sexual dominance
Sophisticated and well-educated
Struggles with integrity
Troubled past

4. Bad Boy Example #1 The Crow The Crow:
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The Crow:
Is a ghost who returns to avenge the death of his fiancée
Lives by his own rules; resists authority figures
Passionately grieves over his fiancée

5. Bad Boy Example #2 Vincent Valentine Character from Final Fantasy
“A mystical many, stern and upright while at the same time dark and mysterious…” –Official Description
Not just a “normal man”
Wants the very thing he can’t have: Lucretia and is consumed with guilt for his past sin
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6. Bad Boy Example #3 Edward Cullen Has all of the following qualities:
Superhuman powers
Angst and guilt over tortured past
Distain for humans
Dark colors
Moody
Girls lust after him
Guys consider him a “freak”
He desires the one thing he can’t have
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7. Bad Boy Example # 4 & 5
The Covenant
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Gone in 60 Seconds

8. Tragic Hero Character Traits
Hero must suffer more than he deserves.
Hero must be doomed from the start, but bear no responsibility for possessing his flaw.
Hero must be noble in nature, but imperfect so that the audience can see themselves in him.
Hero must have discovered his fate by his own actions, not by things happening to him.
Hero must see and understand his doom, as well as the fact that his fate was discovered by his own actions.

9. Tragic Hero Character Traits
Hero's story should arouse fear and empathy.
Hero must be physically or spiritually wounded by his experiences, often resulting in his death.
Ideally, the hero should be a king or leader of men, so that his people experience his fall with him.
The hero must be intelligent so he may learn from his mistakes.

10. The tragic hero is…
a character with a Fatal Flaw (like pride, for example) who is doomed to fail
in search of their Tragic Dream (It's something that is not just out of reach, but that they are fundamentally incapable of achieving or receiving, and they are usually too emotionally damaged to realize this) despite their best efforts or good intentions.

11. Modern Tragic Hero Kratos-God of War
He is never able to get over the trauma of killing his own family.
It is his love for his family that prevents Kratos from becoming a complete monster, but at the same time, it's due to that love that Kratos is unable to get over his feelings of guilt and is slowly driven insane.
Kratos starts working for the gods because they promise to free him from his nightmares, but as time goes on, it becomes apparent that:
1. the gods do not have the power to take away his guilt and
2. the gods only view him as a pawn.

12. Modern Tragic Hero Anakin Skywalker --Star Wars
He was a hero of the Republic, got the girl, helped win the war, and saved his Master a number of times.
His fatal flaw was the fear of losing those he cared about, which fed a hunger for power to prevent it from ever happening
Eventually turned him into the ever-popular Black Knight Darth Vader.