Cycle of ballads about Robin Hood. Give characterization to the main hero and his yeomen.
Summary of story:
The books tells the story of Robin Hood and his men. He's an outlaw and becomes the people's hero. He fights for the poor yeoman and women. Robin Hood and his men steal from the rich and give the money to the poor people. Robin and his friends' live in the forest of Nottingham. He is against some churchmen who take the money from the poor people, and above all the Sheriff of Nottingham. He finally kills him. Robin Hood was also one servant of the king and he lives with the king in the palace in London but he doesn't like the city and he goes to the forest. He marries his love, Lady Marian in the forest. They live happily there for many years. Eventually they get old. Marian dies first and Robin is alone,when he is ill visit the prioress and Robin is killed by the prioress. In the end, Little John that is a Robin Hood's men by his side when he dies and he buries him and put “Here lies brave Robin Hood”.
Robin Hood, (12th century) an excellent archer and swordsman, is the protagonist of this story. There are many different stories about where Robin Hood came form and his history; his background isn't exactly set. All legends, though, establish that he is a famous English outlaw, and is known to rob from the rich and unworthy and use the money to help the poor and needy. Most people love Robin Hood, except for a select few enemies, which include the Sheriff of Nottingham, who appears in this story, and due to the nature of his job, is a natural enemy to an outlaw. Robin lives in either Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire or Barnsdale in Yorkshire
Robin Hood is not an epic hero. His birth and origin is highly debated and come from various different sources with vastly different stories, and he doesn't receive supernatural aid in any of his endeavors. Robin Hood is not a typical hero. First of all, he is an outlaw, a criminal, which one would most often think of as an antagonist, and also Robin doesn't always win the fights that he picks, and oftentimes gets overpowered by his opponent. This doesn't mean that he doesn't have any heroic traits, though. Like many heroes, Robin has band of men that are loyal to him, known as the Merry Men. This group of men include Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet, Much the Miller's Son, Alan a Dale, and of course, Maid Marian, his true love. Although Robin is a criminal, he is known to steal from the rich and give to the poor, which many find a heroic act. He is also very loyal in his actions. Like many heroes, Robin has a specialty, and that is archery. He is a famous champion archer, which is shown in this story, and his skills often come in handy in his many legends.
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Robin, his merry men, and some of the other characters are described as yeomen. The term ‘yeoman’ is used extensively in the ballads but definition is not easy, as the meaning had changed over the years. Originally, he could be a farmer or leaseholder with a small income, or an employee of the estate such as a forester or gamekeeper.
The yeoman brotherhood in the Robin Hood ballads operates in a self-serving manner, and while individual desires are punished in favor of the communal benefit of yeomen, the yeoman system of brotherly bonds negotiates a complex system of shifting ideals in both urban and rural culture, where yeomen are working out their social identity.
ROBIN HOOD: The son of Earl of Huntingdon. He is the leader and he believes in justice and is friend of all good people. He helps the poor because he thinks it's the right thing to do.
LADY MARIAN: Lord Fritwater's daughter. She is beautiful, confident, and sincere in her love of Robin Hood. . She can use a bow quite well. She is a Robin Hood's dear Lady. Later she becomes his wife.
SIR RICHARD OF THE LEE: He's big and strong. He's a good at fighting at a staff and he is one of the best Robin Hood's men.
WILL SCARLET: He is also a very close man to Robin.
THE SHERIFF OS NOTTINGHAM: He's proud, mean and untrustworthy. Robin Hood's worst enemy. People say he killed Robin's father. At the end of the story Robin killed him.
FRIAR TUCK: He comes from Fountain Abbey. He's a heavy jolly man and he's the best bowman in the country.
THE KING: a kind man. In the end he believed in Robin Hood and his cause and was on his side.
17. Educative value and importance of Robinson Crusoe by D. Defoe i n English and world Literature.
Daniel Defoe’s classic novel, “The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe”, is without doubt one of the most recognizable stories in our culture. It is a book which has had hundreds, if not thousands, of editions. It has been translated into over 100 languages, adapted for stage and screen more times than it is possible to accurately record. It is a book which was an immediate commercial success, accessible and readable by the masses. It was a novel at a time when the form really was novel. Indeed, it’s often cited as the first ever English novel.
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Defoe’s book was instantly popular, inspiring a number of responses and imitations which have continued to the present day. Its methodical and detailed structure makes it the prototype of the English realist novel. It is still studied for its interrogation of the limits of human resilience, and its treatment of ideas of ‘civilisation’ and ‘brutality’. In the 20th century, Robinson Crusoe was important to post-colonial and Caribbean literature.
Robinson Crusoe is often described as the 'first modern novel' or the first 'novel in the modern sense.'
The reasons for this have much to do with the culture of publishing as they do with the culture of reading novels.
The short version is: in Defoe's time, there was no publishing industry. There was a printing industry, but there was no mass literacy, and the distribution of printed materials was generally done by the person who paid for the printing.
Defoe met and spoke at length with Alexander Selkirk specifically in order to write a fictionalized account of his story. And it seems that Defoe's aim was to do more than just inform or entertain. He recognized that books and newspaper articles about adventure and especially survival and escape were very popular; some (like Selkirk's) became a national sensation. So Defoe realized that people would buy a story about the same thing. In fact, in the first edition, Defoe's name doesn't appear at all - as if he wanted to leave the impression that this was yet another true account.
So you have all the ingredients of a modern novel - an exciting and entertaining tale, written to take account of the current fashion and public tastes, and sold with the intent of making money from the sales. It's the first example of a fiction book intentionally written and sold as a product.
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