Robin Hood

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• Written in the 14th and 15th centuries
• a series of ballads
• reflective of the time period

themes

• loyalty
• adventure
• courage/bravery
• morality
• religion

Loyalty

• robin to the king
• the merry men to robin
• robin to nottingham

adventure

• merry men and robin had many adventures
• ballads were fun
• made people laugh
• always revelling

courage/bravery

• everything they did was dangerous
• robin had just come back from the crusades
• always risking their lives

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Morality

• robin always did what was right
• stole from the rich
• gave to the poor
• helped in any way he could
• strong moral compass

religion

• loyalty to king = loyalty to god
• prayed
• never went against what was right-godly

robin

• skilled archer
• strong leader
• generous, kind

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little John

• best friend of robin
• second in command
• big, intimidating
• gentle giant
• "like a bear"

maid marian

• childhood friend
• love interest
• helps robin in his adventures (modern)

sheriff of nottingham

• robin's main enemy
• steals from the poor
• supporter of prince john

prince john

• responsible for all the trouble
• uses the sheriff
• guy of gisborne
• greedy

king richard

• not a character
• still important
• introduces idea of religion, loyalty, hope

modern renditions

• there are many
• movies, shows, books, etc.
• some have different themes
• include more history

fun facts

• little john and robin got in a fight upon meeting
• his original name was john little

fun facts (cont.)

• robin's crew had a lot of rituals
• drink, dance, sing

fun facts (cont.)

• robin died due to betrayal
• further develops theme of loyalty