Zorro VS Robin Hood
"A desire to resist oppression is implanted in the nature of man." -Tacitus Zorro , the legendary Curse of Capistrano and outlaw of California Robin Hood , the mythical English folk hero and the rebel from Sherwood forest. Legends of the swashbuckling and cunning outlaw hero, champion of the impoverished and a master of their weapon have influenced modern media in many ways - but today, we pit these two icons against each other. Which heroic outlaw will outfox the other in a DEATH BATTLE ? As a note, both of these characters are in the public domain, and thus, there are hundreds of different distinct incarnations of each. For this blog, we’ll be using the originals (or, as close to the original as we can get for Robin Hood). Zorro’s feats will be drawn from the various serialized novels and short stories written by his original creator Johnston McCulley, and Hood’s feats will be drawn from the earliest extant English ballads and plays about the character. Other media featur...