The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood

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    living.” Robin Hood starts as a character that gets picked on and pressured by others who has trouble understanding jokes and being warm and empathetic, but when he finally shows that he can be warm, make friends and take risks, he begins to change into an independent yet kind leader. These changes eventually lead to him to realizing that life as a yeoman in the forest is the best, and that is the life he wants to live. In The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle, the protagonist Robin Hood

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    love justice, serve women and the poor, and demonstrate loyalty and devotion. In Howard Pyle’s The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood it is clear that Robin Hood follows this code although he is neither lord, landowner, or knight, save in spirit. Robin Hood not only takes from the rich and gives to the poor as he is famed for, but shows respect for the poor, women, his men, and his righteous leaders. As Robin traversed

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    Robin Hood Greed

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    In the story Robin Hood, this story is about a character who has many adventures with his merry men. Robins merry adventures basically came into detail of how his life was, and who he really was. But like all great stories, they all come to an end, but we haven't gotten there yet so, that's put on hold. This story also comes into realization of how Robin Hood gave to the poor, but he also stole from the rich. How Robin helped people in need in all their problems and even when they were

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    The Merry Adventures of Robinhood is a novel by a man named Howard Pyle. This book consists of the many different adventures of a young lad named Robinhood and all of his many merry men. For the past two months, we have been reading this novel in English class. We have taken many notes, and have almost finished the book. Since we have read so much of this novel, we have a pretty clear idea of who Robinhood is and how he is as a person. Throughout the story, we see Robinhood grow as a character

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    Why Is Robin Hood Bad

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    In the movie The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938), Robin Hood is portrayed as a stereotypical “bad boy”. The story of Robin Hood is almost always about a rebellious man who steals, gives to the poor, yet follows the knightly code. Robin Hood and his merry men are considered outlaws. This is because they stole and broke other laws. But, once again, they still maintained to follow the knightly code. Some of the most important things from the knightly code is to defend the weak and helpless, protect

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    Robin Hood Research Paper

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    "Is the legend of Robin Hood and his merry men just a myth, or did the outlaw of Nottingham really exist?" (History.com Editors, Who was Robin Hood?). This question has been asked by many in the previous centuries. We cannot prove that Robin Hood lived, and we cannot prove that he didn't live. The fact that there are still tales of this one man today is far more amusing than proof. If this person referred to as Robin Hood did exist, it is amazing how he became a hero, as well as a legend that

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    The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood This Paper is a summarization of Chapters 5-8 of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. Robin hood is a wanted outlaw and the sheriff is itching to catch him. Robin lives in Sherwood Forest, which is a fairly large timberland right outside the city of Nottingham. Robin Hood has 140 merry men, who are ready at any given time. The sheriff tries three different acts to catch Robin Hood. He fails inadequately all three times. In chapter 5-8 Robin Hood is very sneaky with

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    the story all together. In Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, Robin Hood sets off on a journey to defeat the Sheriff of Nottingham. But, did the writers of the movie stay true to his legend or did they completely change him for the better of a “politically correct” movie. In the film adaptation, Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, The director chose to displace scenes, adapting each character to speak perfect english, and chose to spare some of the bloody details making Robin Hood the true hero of the story

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    Most people have heard about Robin Hood, and perhaps know his motto of, “Steal from the rich and give to the poor,” but many don’t know how Robin Hood came to be, or where his merry men came from. Robin Hood discusses the origin of the famed outlaw, as well as all of his adventures with the sheriff and other greedy fellows. From his outlaw beginning, we see his band work together to defeat the tricky sheriff of Nottingham, money hogging monks, and other bad guys, all while staying true to their idea

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    The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) tells a tale of thieves that behave more honorable than the nobles of their time. The bandits known as the Merry Men lead by a notorious thief and Errol named Robin Hood (Errol Flynn). He leads the Merry Men in treacherous deeds to steal from those who have the most in the land and give everything they take to lazy, scumbags, treacherous, poor people. They protect the helpless women and children from the noble knights and kings. This seems very confusing to most

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