Lord Byron England; Friedrich Nietzsche admired him, and the Byronic hero was echoed in Nietzsche's superman. The Byronic hero presents an idealised, but flawed character whose attributes include: great talent; great passion; a distaste for society and social institutions; a lack of respect for rank and privilege (although possessing both); being thwarted in love by social constraint or death; rebellion; exile; an unsavory secret past; arrogance; overconfidence or lack of foresight; and, ultimately, a self-destructive manner. These types of characters have since become ubiquitous in literature and politics. <includeonly></includeonly><noinclude> Lord Byron George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19
Lord Byron in popular culture plays con-man/thief-turned-FBI consultant Neal Caffrey, working under cover as substitute English teacher Mr. Cooper. During a class, Mr. Cooper has the class close their books and then recites Lord Byron's poem, "She Walks In Beauty"... Byron was the subject of a 1908 play, "Byron", by Alicia Ramsey, and its 1922 film adaptation "A Prince of Lovers", in which he was played by Howard Gaye. Tom Stoppard's play "Arcadia" revolves around a modern researcher's attempts to find out what made Byron leave the country, while Howard Brenton's play "Bloody Poetry" features Byron, in addition to Polidori, the Shelleys and Claire Clairmont.