![]() But real or not, 600 years on there is little sign that we have lost interest. We can no more pin Robin down than could the hapless Sheriff of Nottingham. ![]() Can you see how the fashion of their clothes has changed from the drawing from the 1500’s? This is to appeal to the audience that would have seen this print. DC comics’ Green Arrow is wealthy playboy turned crime-fighter who happens to be, wait for it, an exceptional archer.Ī 17th-century illustration of Robin Hood, Little John, and Will Scarlet. In the Marvel Comic Universe, Hawkeye is a misunderstood criminal turned crime-fighter who happens to be an exceptional archer. This reflects the growing understanding of women being just as fearless and able as men!Įven more curious is the way that the idea of Robin has been borrowed without changing him much at all. And in a more modern adaptation of the stories, the BBC television series in 2006, Marion takes a more active part in helping Robin and even saves him. In Disney’s animated Robin Hood movie from 1973, the characters had been turned into animals, to appeal to a younger audience. This was probably because in Munday’s time Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and lords and ladies had a lot of power. According to Munday Robin is Lord Robert, Earl of Huntington, and he also has a love interest – Maid Marion. For example, in 1597-98 Anthony Munday wrote plays about Robin. Like many legends, the story of Robin changed with the times and what the audience wanted. He only had three of the Merry Men we know today Little John, Will Scarlet and Much the Miller’s Son. He definitely stole, but most of it went into his own pocket! A few more things, there was no Maid Marion or Friar Tuck in these earlier versions. And we are sorry to break your heart, but he did not steal from the rich and give to the poor either. Well the short answer is not really, he was actually quite violent! In the original stories, Robin and his men even killed people travelling through the forest. It is often said to be where Robin Hood and his Merry Men slept. This oak tree is the largest in Britain, and is about 1000 years old. The Major Oak, Sherwood Forest, Nottinghamshire.
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