LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY
GENRE AND FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE
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Question
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“Cinderella”
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“Robin Hood”
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“Jack and the Bean Stalk”
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“Beauty and the Beast”
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Detailed explanation-1: -Robin Hood Tales. The 19th century ballad scholar Francis Child collected 38 separate Robin Hood ballads (and variant versions of them) in his ballad collection–as well as a few other ballads which featured Robin Hood in some versions but not in others.
Detailed explanation-2: -The main characters include Robin Hood, Maid Marian, and the Merry Band of Outlaws, including Will Stutely, Little John, Friar Tuck, and Allan-a-Dale.
Detailed explanation-3: -The stories about Robin Hood are not fairy tales. They are legends. They are believed to have some basis in fact, but have been embellished and elaborated on for hundreds of years. The original Robin Hood ballads are believed to have been written in the 15th century and he is said to have lived prior to that.