Robin Hood And The Three Squires

In the movie, Stoddard repeatedly contridicts himself and therefore perverts justice.Stoddard contradicts himself and sends mixed signals by accepting a gun from Peabody, after declaring Tom’s advice to carry a gun, is exactly what Liberty Valance he goes on to further differentiate himself by saying“He is a lawyer”, seemingly saying that he is above such things. Stoddard continues his contradictions in the scene where Tom is showing Stoddard how to shoot, Tom shoots a paint can and splatters paint all over Stoddards suit. Instead of containing himself Ransom lashes out and punches Tom. Finally Stoddard’s ethics, integrity, and definition of justice is called into question with the stand off scene with Liberty. Sotddard shows up to the standoff with guns blazing and is conveniently devoid of talks of laws and ethics. In this scene Stoddard “kills” Valance, which under laws of self defense, is justifiable. However, the arguments for Ransom cease as the viewer considers that not only has Stoddard gone against his very vocal opposition to guns, but now is also basing his entire campaign on a lie, that he in fact did not kill

witch he forfeit his property---that?s law! And there is none but Putnam with the coin to buy so great a piece. This man is killing his neighbors for their for their land!?. (96)

The poem also uses end rhyme to add a certain rhythm to the poem as a whole. And the scheme he employs: aabbc, aabd, aabbad. End rhyme, in this poem, serves to effectively pull the reader through to the end of the poem. By pairing it with lines restricted to eight syllables. The narrator creates an almost nursery-rhyme like rhythm. In his third stanza however, his last line, cutting short of eight syllables, stands with an emphatic four syllables. Again, in the last stanza, he utilizes the same technique for the last line of the poem. The narrator’s awareness of rhyme and syllable structure provides the perfect bone structure for his poem’s rhythm.

Throughout the article there were plenty of characters that were compared, real to mythical, and there were also legends told that could have been or may not have been true. One of the characters that stood out to me was Jesse Woodland James, the well-known in the old west for bank robberies, train robberies and murder when he killed a banker mistakenly thinking the banker was responsible for the shooting of Bloody Bill. However what caught my attention was the accusations of Jesse James taking from the wealthy and giving back to the poor. Although, there was no proof for this, it was compared to the mythical-being known as Robin Hood. Who was also known as an outlaw in the English Folklore, as well as taking from the higher class and giving back to the lower class. Just as Jesse James sent impudent messages to Pinkerton detectives and newspapers, Robin Hood did the same sending letters to the sheriff of Nottingham. However, with actuality, Jesse James and his gang had prices on their heads for the crimes they committed in which he paid the ultimate price for and was shot dead in his own home by Robert

1. What problems does Robin Hood have? What issues need to be addressed? 2. Do Robin Hood and the Merrymen need a new mission? new objectives? a new strategy?

For my report, I chose to summarize how Brian Helgeland’s movie “A Knight’s Tale” (2001) draws its medieval themes and story from Geoffrey Chaucer’s “The Canterbury Tales: The Knight’s Tale”. Besides the nearly identical titles of these works and the moderately similar storyline, it can be further proven that “A Knight’s Tale” is an adaption of “The Knight’s Tale” because Geoffrey Chaucer appears as a character himself—and a vital one at that—in the movie. Furthermore, just to make certain that there is no mistake among the viewers about who they are dealing with, Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany) even refers to himself as a writer in the movie and points out his very first own work “The Book of the Duchess” in disbelief when some peasants don’t

Towards the end of his life King Edward became ill in body and mind. Parliament fell into disarray, and John 'O Gaunt controlled the affairs of state. Robbers roamed the highways and byways across the country causing Langland to believe England was in a state of moral decay under King Edward's leadership. Thirteen years after Robin and the impoverished knight met at the Saylis, King Edward died. As he lay dying his mistress, Alice Perrers (Lady Meed in Piers Plowman) stripped the rings from off his fingers and deserted him. The only person left was a priest who gave him a crucifix to hold. Edward gave signs of repentance and expired. The Geste of Robin Hood stops at this point apart from telling of Robin's demise 22 years later at the hands

Robin Hood’s revolution against the sheriff began. It was a personal one. It continued for several years.

of the poor outfit of the Knight. Instead he attempts to point out that the

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

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.

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.

Although only slightly factual in historical setting, the legends of Robin Hood have captivated the imaginations of young and old alike through the charming stories concerning the characters of Sherwood Forest.

A thief considered a hero. He was an excellent archer. Robin Hood was a hero in his time. While many believe he was a thief and a villain to the law, others feel he was a hero to the poor. Some people might say that Robin Hood stole from the government, and stealing is a crime, no matter what your cause is. They might also say that if people in this day and time stole from the rich and gave the money to the poor, they would be arrested because stealing is against the law. Finally, people who think Robin Hood was wrong in what he did might say that he betrayed his country.

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