Robin Hood is a character famous in British folk legend, known for his determination to “steal from the rich and give to the poor.” Beginning in the 1300s, Robin Hood was often portrayed as woodsy, heroic, and gallantly romantic; many of his adventures were rumored to take place in Sherwood Forest, in the heart of the English Midlands. In Lady Chatterley’s Lover, both Connie and Clifford see the legend of Robin Hood as a symbol for the former glory of places like Wragby—but Connie in particular laments that the rural adventures depicted in Robin Hood are no longer possible in this new, more mechanized age.
Robin Hood Quotes in Lady Chatterley’s Lover
The Lady Chatterley’s Lover quotes below are all either spoken by Robin Hood or refer to Robin Hood. For each quote, you can also see the other terms and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 11
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This is history. One England blots out another. The mines had made the halls wealthy. Now they were blotting them out, as they had already blotted out the cottages. The industrial England blots out the agricultural England. One meaning blots out another. The new England blots out the old England. And the continuity is not organic, but mechanical.
Connie, belonging to the leisured classes, had clung to the remnants of the old England. It had taken her years to realize that it was really blotted out by this terrifying new and gruesome England. That the blotting act would go on till it was complete.
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Robin Hood Term Timeline in Lady Chatterley’s Lover
The timeline below shows where the term Robin Hood appears in Lady Chatterley’s Lover. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5
...during the war. Still, Clifford loves these old oak trees, which have been around since Robin Hood ’s time. With Connie guiding, Clifford rolls his wheelchair up a hill, coming to a...
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Chapter 11
Indeed, the grand old England of Robin Hood is being torn down everywhere Connie can see; on her drive, she sees many of...
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