Today we are reading “The Ballads of Robin Hood”. Cегодня мы читаем «Баллады о Робин Гуде».
“The Ballads of Robin Hood“ have a rich history. Ballads were the first way of stories about the man named Robin Hood. They were told among the people of England. This tradition of passing on stories or history was the best because the minstrel (a medieval singer or musician) could sing in different places to different people.
In the ballads the man who is Robin Hood loves nature and freedom, he has merry time with his men, He fights against evil, but he does not have a problem with king. He is simple against those people who are unjust. Robin becomes the hero of the people for fighting this injustice. Robbing the rich and giving to the poor was his way of bringing the common people to his side.