Byron: A Sexual Magnet, Or A Hero?

Lord Byron was well known for being both a Romantic hero, and also a sexual magnet. He was wanted by both genders, not only sexually but also for friendship, it could be said that he was loved by all. His memoirs were so explicit and crude that they were not published and it was decided that they'd never be seen by the public. Byron's closest friends gathered one month after his death in May, 1824, and burned them. Most of the poetry that have published are still seen today as provocative, even in a society filled with sex, drugs and war. His poetry was capable of touching both men and women because he was bisexual and was capable of understood both men and women. He had a feminine charm to him that shows a complete contradiction in all of his moral values. He was completely genius to the point where it was seen by some as mad. When comparing his personality and place in the world to someone in the past century he would best be described as one of The Beatles. They are similar as they both had women fainting when they walked into a room, they both had adults worrying about them corrupting the young women of the time, and they both had a complete love and passion for their various forms of writing, whether song, or poetry.  Although some may seem him as corrupt those who knew him and people who attempt to understand him through his writing seem his as a passionate hero of freedom and liberty. Lord Byron cared about the way he looked, he made sure that every portrait that was done made him look at handsome, always complementing his best features. This may have been because he was from a good family and wanted to be seen as equal or better than others, or it may have been so that people in later centuries would have something to reference when reading his poetry, a way to seduce from the grave. He was an honorable Lord and worked very hard to maintain his persona.