Contents: Introduction chapter. 1 The Ballads Hero Robin Hood

The object of the course work: The object of this work is the image of oral literature and Robin Hood Ballads.
Philosophical views: The utilitarian movement may argue that many of Robin Hood's actions are acceptable because "the loss of the victim is insignificant" compared to the income of the poor. Kant ethics believe that theft is inherently wrong.
The structure of the course work: The course work contains an introduction, two chapter, conclusion and bibliography. It includes 27 pages
CHAPTER.1 The Ballads Hero Robin Hood
1.1. Robin Hood Ballads
No one can be expected to give reliable information about the life and deeds of this extraordinary character. The time he lived, the lifestyle he adopted, as well as the silence or disappearance of modern writers - the conditions are indeed comfortable enough for romance, but absolutely hostile to historical reality. With these words, Joseph Ritson, the first and most ardent of the well-meaning scholars who tried to connect the criminal with the "historical truth," begins the story of "The Life of Robin Hood," which occupies ten pages of his book and is interpreted. and is described on the next hundred and five pages. The National Biographical Dictionary includes Robin Hood and King Arthur; but facing the truth, and Robin Hood, the law-breaking eater, boldly declared that it never existed in the body. Just as the Athenian goddess emerged from the head of Zeus, so Robin Hood came from the imagination of the English people.
If so, it is a work that the British, who have seen him so long in the place where he was born and raised, should be proud of; and after reflecting on his main features, his love for the poor, his spiritual and moral plunder of the upper classes, his loyalty to the king, his freedom with the royal deer, and his respect for all women. a virgin is one of the few non-historical figures to represent such a truly famous hero, or a representative of the aristocracy, or at worst, the first to be dissatisfied with the English in an attempt to identify him with the Aryan solar legend.¹
All these attempts were made at the same time, but only the spirit that gave birth to him began to fade in the English heart. If King Arthur is the ideal knight of the Celtic knighthood, Robin is the ideal winner of the people's cause in feudal conditions: his enemies are bishops, fat monks, and a sheriff who restricts his freedom. It is natural to be the hero of the oppressed and law-abiding poor who have the right to harm the oppressors and thus do what we still call the redistribution of wealth; and, of course, as Elizabeth's time changed social conditions (for better or worse) with national prosperity, and as classes and the masses redefined their relative position, Robin had to fall out of the famous pantheon and face decline. He became a salvo of reform, a hero who was so heroic that he could be defeated in the quarter-state battles, and a non-democratic thug who found himself a nobleman and a high-ranking wife.
At that time there were many deer in the royal forests (every Norman tyrant, like Nimrod, was a "mighty hunter before God"), and our hero and his companions were plentiful throughout the year. l gave food; And it is clear that they do not need fuel for cooking or other purposes of life. Their remaining needs could be easily obtained, in part, by obtaining what they needed from wealthy travelers who had crossed or approached their territories, and in part by trading with neighboring villages or large cities.
It is easy to imagine that such a life, at least for most of the year, could be pleasant enough if it got rid of the worries and fears that our foresters face so often. Shakespeare took pity on him in his comedy "As You Like ," and was even praised, where Oliver's "Where Does the Old Duke Live?" in response to the question. Charles replies, "He's already in the Arden Forest, and they say there are a lot of happy people with him; and there they live like the old robin house from england; and gold, as in the world, runs carelessly over time. Presumably, their brave leader would often shout along with Valentin, who had been exiled in another play by the same author:
“What is the use of developing a habit in a person?
It is a shady desert, a sparse forest,
better flow than thriving settlements:
I can sit here alone without seeing anyone
And to the nightingale's sad notes,
Set up my misfortunes and write down my sorrows."
Obviously, he often found the opportunity to add:
“What is the applause today, what is the noise?
My comrades who turn their will into law,
Let's follow the unfortunate passenger:
They love me; but I still have a lot to do
Protect them from uncultured insults.”
But, on the other hand, getting pregnant at the same time can be difficult and painful,
“When did they hear
Rain and wind hit the dark December, well,
In this narrow cave they could talk
Cold hours behind! .
It is impossible to hide or deny that our hero and his comrades lived in the woods and resorted to looting for better support. The evidence for this purpose would be equally endless and unnecessary. In the fourteenth century, Ford called him " ille famosissimus siccarius ," the most famous robber, and the major called him and Little John " famatissimi latrones ."
But it must not be forgotten that, as the last historian admits, he seized only the property of the rich in these forms of power; If he was not attacked or resisted, he would never kill anyone: he would not allow a woman to be mistreated; he never took anything from the poor, but fed them with wealth from the abbots. I don’t approve of looting, he says, but he was the most humane of all and the prince of all bandits. Clearly pointing to this wrong and savage way of life, he was honored to be compared to the famous Wallace, the protector and savior of his country; and most importantly, timely. Our hero has indeed aroused the strong enmity of bishops, abbots, priests and nuns, in a word, all priests, both ordinary and worldly.
The earliest information about the offender Robin Hood was written by Bishop Percy, the editor of the Relics, in 1377 in Lengland's poem "Pier Plowman," in which Naked spoke.
"But I know the rhymes of Robin Hood of Chester and Randolph Erle."
This is Robin’s first mention as a ballad hero, and noticing that he is associated with another famous hero, one of the 12th-century Chester counts, we move on to the next reference.
This passage from the Scottish Chronicle of Wintown refers to 1283, and states that Robin and her husband John the Younger were known as good hunters (see. He was in business at Inglewood and Barnsdale at the time. A petition was submitted to Parliament in 1439. It is known. about a Pierce Venable, it is said that without any other means of subsistence, he "gathered and gathered to himself many wicked men" and "as before, went into the swamp in this controversy." ²
At about the same time, Ford’s Scotichronicon, edited and continued by Bauer, gives a more detailed description, the latter emphasizing that Robin Hood was one of the followers of the “most famous robber” deprived of property and exiled. Simon de Montfort. However, he continues to associate it with "Little Iogann" and their companions, "the stupid crowd in comedies and tragedies makes obscene jokes and listens to jokes and singers with more pleasure than other ballads" and briefly describes. one of tragedy. A piece from another chronicler will suffice, and it should be noted that these three, Wintown, Bauer and Mayor - are all Scottish. John Major (or Mair) was born about 1450, and his History of the Maioris Britanniæ was published in 1521 in a section dedicated to the reign of Richard I in the 16th century.