Preview

Robin Hood Greed

Satisfactory Essays
Open Document
Open Document
178 Words
Grammar
Grammar
Plagiarism
Plagiarism
Writing
Writing
Score
Score
Robin Hood Greed
I think Robin Hood was a good guy. His robbing the rich to give to the poor was noble deed. He was a historical Luke Skywalker, striking out against a corrupted and evil government.

I the time, Robin Hood was alive; England was busy fighting the Crusades. England's king, Richard the Lion-hearted had gone to Palestine to fight the Muslims and attempt to regain Jerusalem for the Christians. In his leaving, Richard left his brother, Prince John in command. John was a weak-willed man and had a greed for money. His love for money impelled his to institute heavier and heavier taxes. Due to this heavy taxing the poor became poorer and couldn't pay the astronomical amount, John demanded. Here is where Robin Hood came in. He took money from the rich,

You May Also Find These Documents Helpful

  • Better Essays

    Greed In America

    • 1106 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Nearly 36% of Americans were considered clinically obese in September of 2016. Three out of every four American men are diagnosed as overweight. Americans spend the most per student's education compared to any other country, and a majority of those find themselves unemployed. As decades flash by noticeable changes have evolved; leaving Americans to be lazy and rely on technology, controlled by their status of wealth and oblivious to real world problems.…

    • 1106 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Robin’s mission is to successfully revolt against the Sheriff and his administration. This mission created the following issues: Robin Hood’s band size exceeds the food capacity of the forest, the Sheriff and his administration are rivals of Robin Hood, and King Richard needs to be restored to the throne. In order to rid of these problems, it is necessary that Robin Hood successfully takes over the Sheriff and his administration and to restore King Richard to the throne while maintaining popularity amongst his band and restoring his future amnesty. In order to do this, we will need to collect money from the barons through negotiation by guaranteeing them their future amnesty. This money, if properly allocated, will restore King Richard to his throne, increase the food supply of the forest and leave Robin and his Merrymen with a promised, likeable future. By choosing this action, he is able to…

    • 2297 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Robber Barons Men

    • 169 Words
    • 1 Page

    These 3 men are robber barons because they all treated their men with disrespect. They made them work in harsh conditions, with low pay, and super long hours. They also discouraged unions between the workers and even tried to stop them.This is showing disrespect by them not letting the workers have a break and time to themselves.What they don't realize is no matter how much they get nagged they aren't going to work to their greatest potential because their worn out.Another thing that's cruel is giving them low pay after working all these hours,they may be doing it to save their own money but out of the millions they have they should be giving them a decent amount of money.With them working their workers so hard, it will make them quit then…

    • 169 Words
    • 1 Page
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Robin Hood Case Study

    • 929 Words
    • 4 Pages

    When we hear or see the name Robin Hood, we think of the heroic outlaw in the English folklore who, according to legend, was a highly skilled archer and swordsman. Traditionally depicted as being dressed in Lincoln green, he is often portrayed as “robbing from the rich and giving the poor” alongside his band of Merry Men. Robin Hood became a popular folk figure in the late-medieval period, and continues to be widely represented in literature, films and television. The nonprofit organization located in New York, the Robin Hood Foundation has a legal philosophy of “taking from the rich and giving to the poor”. The mission of this organization states that the Robin Hood Foundation is New York’s the largest poverty-fighting organization, and…

    • 929 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    The legend of Robin Hood has been around for nearly one thousand years. For the past several hundred years, Robin and his Merry Men have been known for stealing from the rich, particularly tax collectors, and giving to the poor; however, because this is still stealing and Robin had also killed at least one of the king’s deer, Robin and his men were known as outlaws. While they may have been outlaws, Robin Hood and his Merry Men were more like knights in the way that they dealt honorably with opponents in battle, defended the weak and helpless, and protected women and children.…

    • 806 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Greed’s is the intense and selfish desire for something. Greed can take humans to commit the worst out of them. Greed can drive them to choices they don’t want to commit with. Its harmfull to the person causing it as well to the people around him. Also greed is bad because it drives to get more then you need and greed can lead to harm anyone to get the things you want.…

    • 414 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Why Is Robin Hood Bad

    • 1093 Words
    • 5 Pages

    chance. Even though Robin Hood is seen as a person that steals and always does wrong and…

    • 1093 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Robin Hood Thesis

    • 1088 Words
    • 5 Pages

    “Robin Hood and Little John walking through the forest, laughing back and forth at the what the other'ne has to say... Oo-De-Lally, Oo-de-lally Golly, what a day.” When many Americans hear the name “Robin Hood,” these lyrics from the Disney animated movie come to mind. Howard Pyle, who wrote The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood, which was published in 1883, did not write those words, but he did write an entertaining, adventurous book for not only children, but also for teens and adults. Robin Hood is a hero to the poor, but an annoyance to the rich. The book begins with Robin Hood and his gang, called the Merry Men, in Sherwood Forrest, where they live. Robin is an outlaw and an enemy of the Sheriff of Nottingham because he has killed the king's…

    • 1088 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    In Mcteague, Frank Norris depicts the lives of working class, mostly non Anglo Saxon, residents living in a San Francisco apartment complex. Norris characterizes most of these residents by their uncontrollable avarice though strays from presenting them as the stereotypical gilded age Americans, a common literary theme at this point in the late 18th century, obsessed with the glamour provided by wealth. Instead, Norris presents their need for gold as inherit racial flaws, flaws that results in their ultimate demise. The character’s de evolution and loss of morality throughout Mcteague can be gauged by their progressive need for more and more wealth.…

    • 1142 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    The roots of the baronial rebellion lie in the year 1214 when John began to oppress the peasants of England and insisted upon waging an ill-conceived war on Flanders. The winter of 1213-1214 was a harsh one. Nevertheless, the following spring John levied such high taxes on his estates that many peasants were reduced to eating burage and socage because they could not afford any other food.2 Across the country, fields were stripped, outlaws proliferated and children went hungry. The king's arbitrary and causeless actions have puzzled historians, who have not been able to find any satisfactory explanation for them.…

    • 1196 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood was written by Howard Pyle. In chapters five to eight we see how the sheriff is trying to catch Robin, and we see how smart and clever Robin’s comebacks are. We see that no matter how hard the sheriff tries to catch him, he is no match for Robin. We see how Robin makes friends with a butcher, tricks the sheriff into paying for a huge meal with the merry men and him, and Little John gets fat and homesick and wants to go back to Robin and the merry men.…

    • 1037 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Capitalism & Greed

    • 582 Words
    • 3 Pages

    In the article, "Capitalism and Greed"(1982) by James L. Doti the author states, “In his path breaking work, The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith described an economic system based on self-interest"(1). This economic system based on self-interest is the foundation for capitalism and pertains to the 21st century where America still uses capitalism as its economic model. In the article, "America's Disease is Greed"(2004) by Andrew Greeley, he discusses and makes many points how greed comes with capitalism. First glance at a capitalist economy the morals of the self-interest theory might get questioned, but a more in depth look at the capitalist society it shows that it is the best way to gain economic performance.…

    • 582 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    Modern Robin Hood Legends

    • 1021 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Over this period, England’s poor glorified the idea of a noble outlaw. Everyday outlaws were commonplace in medieval England, men such as Eustace Folville and his brother roamed the forests, preying on travelers. It is likely that many facets of Robin Hood’s existence are grounded in the reality of real forest dwelling outlaws. However, the man who first appeared in the ballads wasn’t just any outlaw. He was a noble outlaw, loyal to his men and adhering to a strict, if unusual, code of morals. He was of a different breed than his predecessors and contemporaries, none of whom could match his skill with a bow or knack for trickery. According to the ballads, Robin was a yeoman – neither unusually poor, nor a member of high society, but rather a commoner. Most tales indicate that he was a farmer or a forester, both of whom would have worn earth-colored clothes, not dissimilar from the Lincoln Green garb of legend. They also agree that foremost amongst his band was a very large man known as Little John. Other prominent fellows in both early and late tellings are Much the Miller’s Son and Will Scarlet. Interestingly, though Sherwood Forest in Nottinghamshire is best known as home to Robin Hood, one of the earliest and most complete ballads, A Gest of Robyn Hode, indicates that the outlaw is in fact from Yorkshire. This text also supports claims that Robin Hood was quite devout, with a particular affinity for the Virgin Mary, though he cared very little for wealthy clergymen (Rennison 14). Other early ballads establish the idea that Robin was a trickster and master of disguise, traits which manifested themselves most frequently against the Sherriff of Nottingham. If the Sheriff were not available to be taunted and relieved of his belongings by Robin Hood, the next favorite…

    • 1021 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    Robin Hood Case Study

    • 3673 Words
    • 15 Pages

    Robin Hood is facing numerous problems and issues, but I think the most pressing problem is the fact that the band of Merrymen has far outgrown the available resources in Sherwood Forest. Robin Hood’s faith in succeeding by strength in numbers is quickly becoming a contributor to their downfall. Income is low at this point as well, so purchasing supplies, whether near or far, will soon become impossible. If the men aren’t fed, the men can’t function. Not only is the lack of available resources a problem, but the group itself is unorganized and is lacking sufficient leadership. The issue of the group’s decline in vigilance and discipline could lead to dire consequences, especially with the Sheriff actively searching for the band’s weaknesses, and this needs to be resolved immediately.…

    • 3673 Words
    • 15 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    F. Scott Fitzgerald, author of The Great Gatsby, captures a fine description of how life was in America during the Jazz Age. The Jazz Age signaled an end to traditional American values and a movement towards new ones. The purpose of The Great Gatsby was to show how traditional American values were abandoned and how the pursuit and desire for wealth could lead to the downfall of one’s dreams and goals in life. Happiness obtained from money is only an illusion, money has the power to corrupt and obscure one’s mind and lead one down the path of failure and misery. By using symbolism, imagery, and character personalities and traits, F. Scott Fitzgerald manipulates language to fulfill the purpose of The Great Gatsby.…

    • 1169 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays