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over the Atlantic. The film offers a handful of brief hints at the tortured hero who Forester invented for his book ... but the whole thing is far too

creator, stated that the character was envisioned as "an old-fashioned tortured hero" and likened him to Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights. Originally set

doi:10.1386/jfs_00060_1. EBSCOhost 163579560. Alexander, Jenny (2008). "Tortured Heroes: The Story of Ouch! Fan Fiction and Sadomasochism". In Burr, Viv; Hearn

truly sinister nature, having no qualms in putting hero students in situations where they would be tortured or killed. Kurogiri assisted Tomura in leading

The Tortured Poets Department as of January 2025 Canadian sales for The Tortured Poets Department as of July 2024 UK physical sales for The Tortured Poets

to Marvel and DC Comics for a number of years. Although the mentally tortured hero was an original creation of Jenkins', Marvel ran a marketing hoax claiming

remorse reveal a tortured character, echoing a Byronic remorse. Harvey concludes that Steerforth is a remarkable blend of both villain and hero, and exploration

the camera's resources to allow us to experience the emotions of his tortured hero". A review in 1968 for The Sydney Morning Herald titled "Dr. Levy Shakes

archetype of the tortured antihero whose all-consuming rage, jealousy and anger destroy both him and those around him; in short, the Byronic hero. He is better

rather than indiscriminate. Torture can be a convenient plot device to extract information, and when the hero is the torturer, it almost always works, usually