The text opens with, “It was merry in the green forest among the green leaves, where men walked in all directions with their bows and keen arrows, seeking to raise the deer out of their dens” (407). The three men live happily in the Inglewood Forest, where they are free from the confines of society. Finally, the forest is extremely important in “A Gest of Robyn Hode”. In this text, Robin lives in the Barnsdale forest, but in other iterations of the tale he lives in the Sherwood forest. Regardless of the specific forest, however, it is clear that the Greenwood is incredibly important to Robin. In the Greenwood, Robin can find freedom from the confines of society's corruption, whether the source of that corruption be from the Sherrif of Nottingham or Prince John. In the forest, Robin is king, and he lives a life of freedom and plenty surrounded by his
The text opens with, “It was merry in the green forest among the green leaves, where men walked in all directions with their bows and keen arrows, seeking to raise the deer out of their dens” (407). The three men live happily in the Inglewood Forest, where they are free from the confines of society. Finally, the forest is extremely important in “A Gest of Robyn Hode”. In this text, Robin lives in the Barnsdale forest, but in other iterations of the tale he lives in the Sherwood forest. Regardless of the specific forest, however, it is clear that the Greenwood is incredibly important to Robin. In the Greenwood, Robin can find freedom from the confines of society's corruption, whether the source of that corruption be from the Sherrif of Nottingham or Prince John. In the forest, Robin is king, and he lives a life of freedom and plenty surrounded by his