Legend Dillon M

Legend An old story;  a story that has been passed down for generations, especially one that is presented as history but is unlikely to be true

Example of Legend Robin hood is a legend because it is an example of modern folk-mythology is a creature built up, generation by generation, to meet the needs and desires of his audience. The earliest Robin Hood was a yeoman, not a wronged nobleman, who haunted Barnsdale Forest, not Sherwood; he didn't become a Saxon or mere Englishman fighting the Norman oppressor until Sir Walter Scott dressed him up for his walk-on in Ivanhoe. The original outlaw behind Batman and Zorro and The Scarlet Pimpernel was a ragged ruffian who might have worn Lincoln Green, whose shadow stretching across the centuries tells us much about our changing understanding of order, justice, and honor.

Example of Legend The highway man is a legend because this story has been stretched, changed, or modified as it has been passed down for a period of time. This takes place in history but is most likely not true.

Conclusion A legend is important because it makes a story a little more far fetched. This would allow stuff to happen that did not really happen but it is still believable. In other words the story gets stretched making them funnier.

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