For this assignment, you must write a thesis statement and outline for a paper on the following topic: In the Robin Hood stories and films, Robin Hood is portrayed as a complex figure who plays many roles. Using at least two of the primary sources you have read so far

THESIS STATEMENT AND OUTLINE

Your thesis statement should be your whole opening paragraph, not just one sentence. (Instructions will be attached)

For this assignment, you must write a thesis statement and outline for a paper on the following topic: In the Robin Hood stories and films, Robin Hood is portrayed as a complex figure who plays many roles. Using at least two of the primary sources you have read so far

(Fantasies of Justice in the Early Robin Hood Ballads” by Mark Leahy, “Robin Hood and the Curtal Friar”,Robin Hood and the Monk, “The Outlaws of Medieval England” by Danielle Coyle, and “The Robin Hood Principle” by Graham Seal ),

write a thesis statement for a possible paper that answers the following questions: How do the “Trickster” elements in the early Robin Hood ballads help make Robin and stories about him heroic in the eyes of the common people and help ensure the popularity of his legend? In other words, how does being a trickster (no matter which character is acting like a trickster) make a folk hero out of a common criminal?