Robin_Hood

Robin Hood has a high moral sense, excellent values, and the personality of a leader. In my opinion any person that would give to the poor is a person that should be praised, now the manner in which it is done is not always of that in the best taste, but with the case of Robin Hood taking from forces which I would consider to be the evil characters in the poems is not in bad taste. In the real world today this is not an option but the times in which these were based it only seemed fair to give to the poor because of the extreme different levels of the hierarchy. This goes directly to the values of Robin Hood, it seems to me that no matter the situation Robin Hood is not thinking of himself when making decisions or doing anything, he appears to be thinking of the good of others as apparent in lines 110-120 of “Robin Hood and the Monk” when he gives his sword in somewhat surrender for the saving of others. Robin is a leader by nature by the way that he does things in the interest of others and all of his band of brothers throughout the stories were there as volunteers and could leave at any time but yet they followed Robin Hood. In my opinion, throughout both poems “Robin Hood and the Monk” and “Robin Hood and the Potter” the villains are the treacherous hierarchy that is run by the Sheriff and other local governmental officials. Any ‘government’ that would allow for its people to be run poor with nothing and have food rationed is a form of ‘government’ that is evil by nature. The Sherriff was one that would use the threat of the hanging of others to get the thing that he wanted and that also is a virtue of evil or an antagonist. In lines 295-299 in “Robin Hood and the Monk” this kind of such threat is made when he makes the statement ‘Cum before oure kyng; For if I do,/ I wot serten/ For sothe he wil me heng’’ stating such to force out Robin Hood. The very idea that a person could be considered to be a leader of any type but to use threats of evil or violence, much less death by hanging, is the evil character of any such poem. Although, it is true that Robin Hood and his band of brothers does break the ‘law’ in the manner in which they do things, the intent of their actions is not that of a evil nature as opposed to that of the Sherriff and local government officials.