Have you ever thought, “Was Robin Hood a living breathing person?”. I believe that Robin Hood (definition provided by http://www.dictionary.com/browse/robin--hood?s=t, “a legendary, English outlaw of the 12th century, a hero of many ballads, who robbed the rich to give to the poor: a popular model of courage, generosity and justice, as well as of skill in archery, he lived and presided over his band of followers chiefly in Sherwood Forest.”) did not exist in the past and as of March 2017, there are more valid reasons on why Robin Hood doesn’t exist than that he does. Today, I will talk about 4 versions of Robin Hood, the ballad, novel (definition based on), gest and the movie adaptation. The tales about Robin Hood were written after Robin Hood’s supposed lifespan. It’s said that Robin Hood lived in the 1100’s …show more content…
For example, it is said that Robin Hood was born in either Loxley/Locksley or Nottinghamshire, so no one knows where Robin Hood was birthed and it is yet to be confirmed. If Robin Hood owns a longbow, he lived in the 1300s, or if he owned shortbow, he inhabited the earth during the 1100s. His grave in Kirklees Priory doesn’t have a tomb/case underneath it, but his grave may be in a churchyard in his supposed birthplace, Locksley/Loxley. No one is yet to find out, because the church is on sacred grounds. The modern day adaptation(books, movies and gests about Robin Hood after the early ballads) of Robin Hood has an amount of differences compared to the original, early ballads of Robin Hood. In the original ballads, there is no proof that Robin Hood gave to the poor, unlike how the public sees him. Robin Hood doesn’t help King/Sir Richard in the original ballads, but the sheriff of Nottingham is killed in the original ballads, by Little John. the death of Robin Hood is the main similarity between all versions of Robin Hood, Robin Hood dies from bleeding
ROBIN HOOD In the years of King Richard the Lionheart (1189-1199) there lived a brave and intelligent man called Robin Hood. He was a feared outlaw, who loved liberty and hated oppression. He took the law into his own hands and robbed the rich to give to the poor. People loved him and thought of him as a justice-maker. In time he acquired a heroic reputation and came to represent the ideal of heroism of his age. Stories about him and his closest friends Friar Tuck, Little John, and Maid Marian may be found in the time. They say that Robin Hood and his companions lived in Sherwood Forest, near Nottingham. They were called the ‘merry men’ and used to wear green clothes, a particular shade of green, called
Overall, ‘Robin Hood Shot” shows shooting as accurate as Robin Hood with a longbow like his is very unlikely, showing that Robin Hood is a Legend and is a fictional
Robin is in England at a point where the noble are oppressing the poor with taxes and harsh punishments. Prince John (Claude Rains) has forcefully taken over the crowd and plans to tax the poor to get more money for his brother’s release from capture. Robin hood and the gang are just trying to level the score and this is where are first code of chivalry comes into play. Robin Hood shows us he is a defender of women and children by taking the food from Much (Herbert Mundin) that he catches and gives it to the hungry people in the town even though it is illegal to hunt the king's meat. Then he also protects the women by not harming Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland) when they capture the legion of Prince John’s men. These examples give the audience an understanding that the bandits are actually the good guys because villains are savages and mean to the helpless but as we can see, they are the heroes in this dark
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It is said that Jesse was sort of like Robin Hood in the sense that he stole from the rich and gave to the poor, but
Robin Hood faces a myriad of problems that can potentially influence the changes that are crucial for Robin’s organization, as well as affect the effectiveness of the insurrection. As the CEO of his organization, Robin has the
Robin Hood Essay There is a legend that contains an outlaw named Robin Hood, who is also mainly known for his skill in archery. In the movie, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), he leads a group of people named the Merry Men, who are all outlaws. They fight to steal from the rich and give the stolen money to the poor and helpless. As the Normans believe that the Merry Men are all bandits, they are more like knights in the eyes of the Saxons.
It is true that Robin Hood stole, he was an outlaw because of it. Any person who steals from the rich in this time and gives to the poor will be arrested and likely put
I can support this with page 56 when Robin and his squad found a kid who was suspected to have fired an RPG since they could tell the RPG had recently been fired by the way it smelled. But when they held the kid and asked him questions a sniper tried to kill the Americans who where holding him which made the kid run away and then Americans shot the kid. Robin got really emotional and sad, he felt for the kid, he didn’t know if the kid actually did fire the RPG or didn’t, either way Robin felt really bad for him. After all it was the first time that he had seen someone get killed that close up. Question #2: Select a character and discuss how s/he changes through the course of the text.
When dealing with the fictional character of Robin Hood, it is easy to get lost in the fantasy of his tale because of the additions to the story through oral tradition over the years. However, there was a real- life Robin Hood who was much different than what twentieth century cinemas portrayed him as being. The real Robin Hood was born at Locksley in the county of Nottingham during the reign of Henry II. It may be confusing to many people to hear that he was a yeoman, nothing more, nothing less. The ideal supremacy from his legends depicts him as being a knight in shining armor, but the history from his ballads tells otherwise.
Robin changes here when to better understand people. Before he learns that Will Scarlet is his nephew and he came to meet him, he states, Describing Will Scarlet, “‘the sight of such a fellow doth put a nasty taste into my mouth! Look how he doth hold that fair flower betwixt his thumb and finger, as he would say, ‘Good rose, I like thee not so ill but I can bear thy odor for a little while.’”(89; ch 8) Robin is clearly judging Will Scarlet by his cover. Robin Hood later learns the talent that Will Scarlet has when his friends pressure him to fight Scarlet and Scarlet shows his strength, and when at his welcoming feast the Merry Men get Scarlet to show off his singing skills. This shows when Robin’s friends, like when Will Stutely said, “Wipe thine eyes, man! I do hate to see a tall, stout fellow so sniveling like a girl of fourteen over a dead tomtit,”(118; ch 10) are jesting Allan a Dale, but Robin is polite and figures out why Allan a Dale is crying. Robin turns from criticizing those just because they look funny, to being kind and understanding, no matter how someone seems at first, so he can accept any man who needs a helping
While this would satisfy Robin personally, this would not provide a true solution to what the Merrymen seek. After the sheriff is dead there would be another person there to take his place that would continue to the same thing.
One of Robin Hood’s problems was the increasing size of his band. He was hoping that strength lay in numbers and the more Merry men he had, the better it would be for him to fight against the sheriff’s administration. He did not put enough attention into the number of people that were being recruited. The problem occurred when the number of me increased; the band turns into a big company complicating the situation and interests of the initial ideology. While more men were recruited into the organization, Robin had less face-to-face interaction with all men. The missing interaction makes things get out of control and get hard for him to enforce rules and regulations, turning
Being heroic along with being an outlaw are not two features that tend to mix well together because of previous stereotypes, Robin Hood is an exception to this because his actions, even though some might say were criminalistic, his intentions were to only provide a safe haven for the ones who deserves it the most, the poor. Heroes come and go, but the legend of Robin Hood has prevailed generation after generation. Robin Hood, who fought for freedom and liberty of every soul did it not for fame, but for equality and the right to live freely without the reign of a corrupt government. Robin Hood steals money from the poor and gives it to the rich, a message that sets fears in the wealthy, but opens up a whole new atmosphere for poor to dream and believe in. Focusing on the movie aspect of Robin Hood and his portrayal, Kevin Reynolds Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991, James Hunter Robin Hood: Prince of Sherwood 1994, Spoke Brandt Tom and Jerry: Robin Hood and His Merry Mouse 2012, and Mel Brooks Robin Hood Men in Tights 1993. Robin Hood played a vital role in getting the system overthrown and in order to know more about him, explaining the folklore behind him, the symbolism of his character, and the film created in his honor. Robin Hood played a vital role in creating the atmosphere that the poor rely on to this day, the lower class are a vital role in every economy as they are the majority and he showed what can happen when they are not taken care of.
Robin and the Merrymen is a company who are in business to steal from the rich and give to the poor. The organization had begun as a personal interest to Robin, and has grown with allies and new recruits to become a very large organization. Robin is the head of all operations with few delegates who have their own specific duties.