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  • Darcy

    8 19.05%

  • Rochester

    5 11.90%

  • Heathcliff

    3 7.14%

  • Romeo

    5 11.90%

  • Gatsby

    3 7.14%

  • Sydney Carton

    3 7.14%

  • Rhett Butler

    2 4.76%

  • Atticus Finch

    7 16.67%

  • Gabriel Oak

    3 7.14%

  • Captain Wentworth

    3 7.14%
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Thread: The battle of the Romantic heroes! (with some random other men)

  1. 02-20-2009, 11:29 AM #31
    PeterL
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  2. 02-20-2009, 12:17 PM #32
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    Who are those people on the end?

    Poor Oak- no one voted for him.
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  3. 02-22-2009, 05:35 AM #33
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    social consciousness is sooo appealing (whether the author's or the character's) - I vote for Atticus Finch.
    Last edited by kratsayra; 02-22-2009 at 05:38 AM.
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  4. 02-22-2009, 05:46 AM #34
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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterL View Post
    None of them
    You can always nominate your own:

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  5. 02-23-2009, 02:19 AM #35
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    Hmm...he's not a Romantic hero, but the closest thing to a hero on this list: Atticus Finch!!


    My own hero though: John Proctor
    I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
    Waiting for a winter to be done.
    Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
    In all that I could never overcome?
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  6. 02-23-2009, 01:39 PM #36
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    I do love John Go Proctor!
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  7. 02-23-2009, 01:41 PM #37
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    Quote Originally Posted by kelby_lake View Post
    I do love John Go Proctor!
    He might be my favourite written character ever. And when I say "might be", I mean "definitely is".
    I'm weary with right-angles, abbreviated daylight,
    Waiting for a winter to be done.
    Why do I still see you in every mirrored window,
    In all that I could never overcome?
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  8. 02-27-2009, 07:37 PM #38
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    Nominations so far (some of the names have been suggested more than once):

    Romeo
    Darcy
    Yossarian
    Rhett Butler
    Rochester
    Gatsby
    Heathcliff
    Atticus Finch
    Captain Wentworth

    If you would like to add new names to this list, please PM me.
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  9. 02-27-2009, 08:49 PM #39
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    No chance of getting Renzo added to the list? I doubt most of you have read The Betrothed, but it is essentially The Italian novel.
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  10. 03-02-2009, 10:40 AM #40
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    I voted for Gabriel Oak but only because poor Will Ladislaw is missing

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  11. 03-06-2009, 09:10 AM #41
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    Nominations so far (some of the names have been suggested more than once):

    Romeo
    Darcy
    Yossarian
    Rhett Butler
    Rochester
    Gatsby
    Heathcliff
    Atticus Finch
    Captain Wentworth
    Renzo
    Will Ladislaw
    Cyrano de Bergerac
    Midir
    Holden Caulfield
    Prince Myshkin


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  12. 03-08-2009, 07:19 AM #42
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    I voted for Gabriel Oak because it is the kind of man that I would like to be with in reality too (Adam from East of Eden is a reliable, kind, trustworthy and hardworking man too).

    But I was very tempted to vote for Rochester too because he is a very exciting and interesting character, kindhearted too, with a good taste for women character (Jane Eyre is my favourite book and character) plus he is terribly sexy. So he is the perfect hero for a novel although I wouldn't get along very well if he was a real man I am afraid.
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  13. 03-08-2009, 07:38 AM #43
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    Last day to send in your nominations, folks!

    Nomination far (some of the names have been suggested more than once):

    Romeo
    Darcy - Pride and Prejudice
    Yossarian (Catch-22)
    Rhett Butler -Gone with the Wind
    Rochester - Jane Eyre
    Gatsby
    Heathcliff - Wuthering Heights
    Atticus Finch - To Kill a Mockingbird
    Captain Wentworth - Persuasion
    Renzo (The Betrothed)
    Will Ladislaw -Middlemarch
    Cyrano de Bergerac
    Midir from Irish Mythology
    Henry Higgins (Pygmalion)
    Holden Caulfield - Catcher in the Rye
    Prince Myshkin - The Idiot
    Adam (East of Eden)
    Lord Goring (An Ideal Husband)
    Lord Jim
    Ahab (Melville)
    Paul Morell (Lawrence)
    Stephan Daedalus (Joyce)
    John Thornton North and South
    John Proctor (The Crucible)
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  14. 03-08-2009, 08:07 AM #44
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    I recognize most of the names but cant pin a few of them, Yossarian? Renzo?
    Im really bad at names, that aside I have never seen what anyone can see either appealing or romantic in Darcy, he is just annoying in fact most romatic heroes are annoying and need a good kick or two, dont even get me started on the male Bronte charcters.. grrrrr
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  15. 03-08-2009, 08:12 AM #45
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    Renzo is from The Betrothed and Yossarian is from Catch-22.
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