The man himself

• He had a fear of Boredom
• how was Byron described?

  mad bad and dangerous to know - lady Caroline lamb
• What did Byron create ?

  romantic hero
• What is a romantic hero like?

  defiant, melancholy, haunted by secret guilt
• Who did he name as his master?

  alexander pope
• What did he worship?

  the ideal, but he never lost touch with reality
• What did he have a sense of from his youth?

  calvinist sin
• What did he give to the Greek war of independence ?


  .money, time, his life
• What does he often write about?

  sexuality, self revelation, demands for freedom