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Mumtahina Rahman

Lecturer Morshedul Arefin

ENG 455: Comparative Literature

29 April 2020

Romantic Hero : Mr. Fitzwilliam Darcy

The Romantic Hero is a fictional concept that relates to a character who

refuses defined traditions and standards have been abandoned by the community,

and has self as the core of its nature. The Romantic character is also the narrator in

a fictional novel and the main emphasis is on the psyche of the author rather than

on his or her actions. Literary writer Northrop Frye observed that the Romantic

hero is often "behind the framework of humanity and thus reflects the force of

physical existence, amoral or impenitent, but with a sense of strength, and

sometimes leadership, that society has degraded by refusing. "Certain attributes of

a romantic hero include introspection, the victory of the personality over the

"restrictions of religious and social norms," wanderlust, melancholy, misanthropy,

loneliness, and solitude. However, another typical characteristic of the Romantic

hero is remorse for his behavior and self-criticism, often contributing to

philanthropy, which prevents the story from ending romantically. An example of

this is Edmond Dantès in The Count of Monte Cristo. The Romantic hero first
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appears in literature during the Renaissance era, in plays by writers such as Byron,

Keats, and Goethe, and is seen in part as a reaction to the French Revolution. As

Napoleon, the "living model of a hero," was an embarrassment to others, the hero's

traditional notion of maintaining social order began to be questioned. Popular

fictional representations of a loving hero include Gwynplaine from Hugo's The

Man Who Laughs, Mr. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice, Byron's Don Juan,

Chateaubriand's René[4], Tolstoy's Andrei Bolkonsky from War and Peace,

Cooper's Hawkeye from The Leatherstocking Stories, and Raymond Chandler's

Philip Marlowe from his seven os Angeles detective stories. Darcy became the

most influential writer in English literature. This is the setting in pride and

prejudice written by Jane Austen.

Mr. Darcy is one of the most famous people in literary culture. He has also

been known as the "Romantic Character." His story embodies everything that a girl

might ever desire. He's tall, strong, sexy, powerful, and, of course, the most critical

aspect ever: brooding. I say, look at some of his cute portraits all the time. Not only

do the ladies, both inside and outside the book, hold Mr. Darcy, in high regard. He

holds himself in the same respect, of course. They believe himself to be one of the

"most intelligent and strongest of people." He is quite an arrogant guy, which is

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quite clear to everyone who has read the novel or seen some translation of the

book. He behaves similarly in nearly everything he does in the book. It is made

very apparent by the way he behaves with Mary. She also listens to her interactions

and speaks to her in a patronizing way every time they communicate. He believes

that she has less intellect then he does, so he views her differently. His less kind

qualities are still very evident in the "Romantic Character" of today's literature.

They can be seen in the "bad guy" characters that are so famous right now. They

are the ones that girls have a habit of turning into a better person or a boy who has

a good heart that is revealed at the end. Both of them can be found in Mr. Darcy in

Pride and Prejudice. His best traits are now present in the stereotypic character of

today. The profound affection he has for Elizabeth is also something that has been

revealed. There is an explanation that there are so many other male characters that

are based on him. Women want to see a guy who loves a girl all along, and the girl

just happens to be oblivious to the entire email. We love the lingering looks and

the misunderstandings that have arisen. This can both be found in the friendship

between Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth. Throughout time, his story has continued to

affect other stories. Among other books, there are characters named for him, or

based on him. Mr. Darcy presented Jane Austen's "arrogance and bigotry" as a tall,

charming, self-absorbent nobleman and Darcy encountered a shift of temperament

and attitude. To order to deal with his present view of wealth and life, Darcy has to
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feel something and fall in love. While very respectful, he does not know how to

treat women, particularly women of low economic status. Yet Elizabeth Bennett's

passion has changed her behavior. Austin has a "true" pride and reveals the value

of making it the focus of the entire book. Pride can be treated as property or defect.

Being proud as a characteristic means possessing self-esteem, respect, and

integrity. Jane Austen's pride and prejudice of superiority and ambition and ego

are distinct, although they are sometimes used as synonyms. Men aren't useless,

they should be proud of that. Pride is our perception of ourselves, our vanity, and

our perception of others. Jane Austen pointed out that her novel pride and

prejudice is excessive pride and vanity is indeed a failure. Fitzwilliam Darcy is

perverted to Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen's Pride and prejudice." Falling in

love is what Darcy wants to overcome her understanding of the life of marriage

and money. Mr. Darcy is friendly, but he does not know how to treat people,

particularly women whose social standing is lower than that of women. -Prejudice

and Pride in 'Prejudice and Prejudice' includes at least significant incidents in

novels of every fictional work, names and introductions. With 'arrogance and

bigotry,' Austen pressed the competition incredibly strongly and planned the first

part and the second part of the book between the title and the first line.
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At first, readers feel that Darcy is the most despised character of all except

Jane and Bingley and Bingley's sisters. At first, we hear all these remarks about

how arrogant and thoughtless he is, but then, as the novel progresses slowly, the

preconceptions about him begin to fade away, and we are left with the truth as

Darcy is. In the end, we are more in love with Darcy than anything he does for

Elizabeth's sake, and it only shows how much he loves her, despite the social

differences. It's pretty clear that he loves her because of what she is and not

because she matches her social status. It's beautiful, and that's what makes Darcy

the most beautiful character in the world.