ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Robin Hood was a philanthropist who robbed the rich to give to the poor. It was the Scottish historian John Major who in 1521 wrote that “[Robin] permitted no harm to women, nor seized the goods of the poor, but helped them generously with what he took from abbots”.

Detailed explanation-2: -Robin Hood and his Merry Men, Sherwood Forest, Maid Marion and the evil Sheriff of Nottingham are the stars of a whole load of tales about stealing from the rich to give to the poor. There have been movies, plays, books, video games and comics all with Robin Hood at their centre.

Detailed explanation-3: -Robin became a popular folk hero because of his generosity to the poor and down-trodden peasants, and his hatred of the Sheriff and his verderers who enforced the oppressive forest laws, made him their champion.

Detailed explanation-4: -In modern popular culture, Robin Hood is typically seen as a contemporary and supporter of the late-12th-century king Richard the Lionheart, Robin being driven to outlawry during the misrule of Richard’s brother John while Richard was away at the Third Crusade. This view first gained currency in the 16th century.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) Over 80 years after he first leaped across screens, Errol Flynn is still the definitive Robin Hood, despite countless new retellings.