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Comparing Hong Kil Dong & Robin Hood
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HONG KIL DONG |
ROBIN HOOD |
known for |
stealing from the rich to give to the poor
being a champion of those treated unjustly
outwitting stronger opponents
opposing and exposing corrupt officials
exploits which provoked assasination attempts, always foiled
followers who were often forced to be outlaws by unjust laws or officials
stories told in many forms: folk tales, songs & ballads, books, movies, cartoons, comics |
source of tales |
novel by Ho Kyun (1569-1618); first novel written in Korean language |
ballads (first known 1450); The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle, many other books |
background |
illegitimate son of nobleman |
yeoman (middle class) in early tales; later, an earl |
time & place |
rule of King Sejong, (1419-1450), Chosun Dynasty, Korea |
1100’s - 1300’s England |
followers |
Hwal Bin Dang (Save the Poor Army) |
Merry Men |
hideout |
mountains |
Sherwood Forest |
weapons |
swords, martial arts |
swords, bows & arrows, staffs |
tactics |
magic: invisibility, flying, shortening distances |
verbally outwitting foes |
best trick |
turning 7 straw men into living, breathing clones |
giving people a feast before taking their purses |
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