Tortured character has passion to steal back female (10)
I believe the answer is:
heathcliff
'tortured character' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'passion to steal back female' is the wordplay.
'passion' becomes 'heat' (synonyms).
'to steal back' becomes 'hclif' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'heat'+'hclif'+'f'='HEATHCLIFF'
'has' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for heathcliff that I've seen before include "tortured character" , "character in novel" , "He loved Cathy Earnshaw" , "Hero of Wuthering Heights" .)