There can be many iterations of a legend, for the most part a legend keeps the same theme, a common lesson learned throughout. Robin Hood is one of those legends, there is one common lesson learnt. Robin Hood is the story about a man, who once was rich and powerful, brought to peasantry by the Normans. The Normans were a very unfair to the Saxons, Robin Hood lived in Sherwood forest, in many iterations of the legend he stole from the Normans and gave it to the Saxons. He went around with his band of outlaw called the Merry Men. They were considered outlaws by the government, often with bounties on their head. He was considered an outlaw because he went against the rulings of Prince John, the heir to the crown of England. At that age of England …show more content…
Mercy is very important, when it comes to the battlefield, it is either a question of life and death. Knights need to be merciful, it teaches them valuable lessons on the importance of one life. If you see an enemy has given up, then you let him live. As well if you see another knight in pain and dying, it is your duty to put them out of their misery. One of his most loyal characters Friar Tuck, has experienced mercy by Robin Hood. In the duel where he met the friar, he had pulled out a sword at Robin, after he beat Friar Tuck, he let him live, he didn 't have to but as mentioned later, the difference between the ones he kills and the ones he keeps alive is that the one he keeps alive deserve to be kept alive. This worked to Hood’s advantage because in the same scene Friar Tuck joins his band of merry men and gains his trust. One staple time Robin Hood showed mercy was when he had Sir Guy of Gisbourne at the end of a spearhead, now any nobleman would have ended him then and there, but not Robin Hood, he chose to keep him alive. He bested Sir Guy many times after that encounter many times after that incident making his defeat all the more satisfying to Robin and the viewer. Him showing mercy also incites compassion and the importance a human life can have on the outcome of the