The Robin Hood Morality Test

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Based solely on the details in the short story with no preconceptions about any of the characters:

Maid Marion - gave up her body for the love of her man (and, OK, because she wanted to get out of jail too).

Little John - basically an opportunist full of unproven promises, but at least he made Maid Marion feel good and didn't do anything bad.

The Sheriff - A loyal public servant out doing his job, but fundamentally flawed as he was easily seduced.

Robin Hood - Woman-beating criminal. No redeeming qualities.

Except that the sheriff wasn't 'seduced.' He used his position to manipulate Marian into sex- sexual harassment at the least, and rape according to most definitions.

The Robin Hood Morality Test
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Morale and Honest
(Best)
Maid Marion
Little John
The Sheriff
Robin Hood
(Worst)
Immoral and Dishonest

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Interpretation

You are essentially a contented person, even if you consider yourself a little superior. You are moral by your own standards, for you believe that morality is what best suits the occasion.

Men: You are sexually uninhibited, more romantic than you may appear, and more dependent on the approval of others than you care to admit.

MM - Willing to do unspeakable sacrifices to free people.
LJ - From the material thus far, doesn't seem overly assholic.
SN - Pretty slimy public official willing to leverage position for sexual flavours.
RH - Abusive as f*ck and unsympathetic in tricky situations. Entitlement issues.

According to the test your results indicate a hint of idealism.

That's all the evidence I need. This test's explanatory power is utter bullsh*t.

A pox on Robin Hood and his Merry Men. A bunch of thieves!

ruveyn

OK, I glossed over who initiated the sexual pact. I was thinking it was Maid Marion when I typed my response ... so my analysis is slightly off. Still doesn't change The Sheriff's positon as #3 of 4.

MM, LJ, RH, TS

It's really a toss-up who's worse between RH and TS, though, and LJ doesn't enter in enough to judge if he's better than MM.

My choice wasn't on the test:

"Alan Rickman + who gives a f**k about those other people?"

You are fairly broadminded romantic and reasonably contented. You value kindness greatly and try to live by your ideals. You do not conceal from yourself, or from others, your strong need for security, which may be either emotional or material.

Men: Perhaps you tend to idealize women and credit them with virtues they don't possess.

That is kinda accurate hmm strange though I am not always like that at all close enough for me though

You would expect that...but I'm the most cynical person I've ever met.

I picked: MM, LJ, RH, TS

Because Maid Marion tried to help people at the highest cost, she's first. Little John also tried to help, but at lest risk. Robin is a jackass. The Sheriff is a dick who thinks with his dick. =P

We must have something in common, because that was how I scored.

I ranked Little John at the top, as being the guy who comes to Marion's defense, and offers her love after Robin beat her and cast her aside. I must be a romantic, because that really appeals to me.

Maid Marion comes second, because she had sacrificed herself to the sheriff for the man she loved. Again, I'm a romantic.

I placed Robin Hood third, because while his response to Marion and what she had done for him and Little John was so indefensible, I figured at least he was being honest.

Finally, the Sheriff of Nottingham comes in at number four, as a nefarious character who betrays his duty in bringing Robin and Little John to justice selfishly for a night of sex.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

My Ripuarian Frankish ancestors in Germany fought tooth and nail in a death struggle against the continental Saxons.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

The Sheriff
Maid Marion
Little John
Robin Hood

You claim to be a realist or even a cynic, but you are more emotional, romantic, and truthful.
Women: You have been hurt in the past by men, or one man in particular, and will probably let it happen again.


Hah, I placed the sherrif first, as I figured he loved Marion and thought this might be his only chance to spend a night with her.

If Robin is advocating communism then why is he so jelous?