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Robin Hood is a true English Legend and one of my favourite characters of all time! There is not a single person in the UK who doesn’t know who this man is. His true identity was never really discovered, but his story has been with us since the Middle Ages. I still remember first finding out about this outlaw when I was just a child. The animated film about him (as a Fox!) stealing from the rich to help the poor was one of my favourite films ever. Then I later discovered Kevin Costner’s version of Robin Hood and I loved this hero with his bow and arrow even more. |
Robin Hood is a true English Legend and one of my favourite characters of all time! There is not a single person in the UK who doesn’t know who this man is.
His true identity was never really discovered, but his story has been with us since the Middle Ages. I still remember first finding out about this outlaw when I was just a child. The animated film about him (as a Fox!) stealing from the rich to help the poor was one of my favourite films ever. Then I later discovered Kevin Costner’s version of Robin Hood and I loved this hero with his bow and arrow even more.
His rugged look with green tights and hoody make him unmistakeable. And considering his band of ‘Merry Men’, the beautiful Maid Marion and larger than life Friar Tuck – it’s understandable why the Robin Hood story is loved beyond belief.
I think that the idea of someone taking the law into their own hands to help those that can’t help themselves is definitely loveable, no matter what country you are from!
It is quite strange though – that an English outlaw can be seen as such a great Hero. After all, he stole, committed many other crimes and generally ignored the rule of law. But it seems that it’s okay to do all of those things as long as the King in charge is a tyrant – and because King John was treating everyone so terribly at the time it was necessary for Robin Hood to be bad… in order to be good!
Maybe it was the Hollywood glamour placed on this character which made him even more of a British Hero but no matter what you think of the legendary Robin Hood, there’s no denying: he was feared by the bad and loved by the good!!
(In the picture Robin Hood with his favourite weapon of choice from www.guardian.co.uk)