Robyn HodeOld English folklore dates back to the beginning of American literature. One protagonist among many, Robin Hood (Robyn Hode in the Old English manuscript) is introduced in many books and playwrights. Some may argue that Robin Hood's strategies to balance society were unethical, but this theory could be strongly contested and even disproven. Robin Hood could be considered a hero for his excessive generosity, his ability to see each person as an equal individual, and his overall success in improving society. To accurately visualize Robin Hood's motivations, one must look beyond the rules and laws reserved for the lower class and established by "higher officials" and understand that, even more so in a less developed time period, that right and wrong do not depend on what the rich and powerful say is right and wrong. Robin Hood looked past all of this, identified the real moral decisions that needed to be made, and took charge of them. In doing so, and by taking a small portion of the wealth of the rich and distributing it among the poor, he is considered (arguably) one of the most important heroes of the folklore literary era. In all the tales written about the infamous Robin Hood, the most enlightened characteristic is his excessive generosity. “Despite being outlawed, Robin Hood is a good and generous person at heart, and is loved by the people of the town for his actions.” (Jurns) While stealing and causing (occasional) accidents, Robyn Hode kept one motive in mind, and that was to take from the undeserving, (the fat and rich), and give to the needy, (the poor). This is obviously distorted by the assumption that all rich people are greedy and all poor people are desperate and deserving. Indeed, in most cases people work hard for... middle of paper... for some kind of balance in society, in which this must be presented. Since all the unfortunate people were too afraid to ask for this equality in society, Robin Hood's courage to come in and fight for what he stood for was admired by the people. This is how he was awarded the title of hero, and why ballads and playwrights are so famous. they have talked about him to this day. Robin Hood's strategy to improve society has become a success. By stealing from the rich to give to the poor, he not only set an example for people to follow his role as a hero, but also created a balance within the social classes. But today, taxes are distributed across the country arguably equally. In Robin's time, the rich imposed harsh and unfair taxes on the people, many of whom could not afford to pay them. Failure to pay these taxes resulted in imprisonment or, even worse, death.