Read the excerpt from "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood."

"Ay, marry, will I join with you all," quoth the Tinker, "for I love a merry life, and I love thee, good master, though thou didst thwack my ribs and cheat me into the bargain. Fain am I to own thou art both a stouter and a slyer man than I; so I will obey thee and be thine own true servant."

So all turned their steps to the forest depths, where the Tinker was to live henceforth.

What universal theme does this excerpt represent?

Money is everything.

Rebels inspire loyalty.

Obedience is better than rebellion.

Cheating will get you everywhere.

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Luca Stewart

4 May, 18:04

Read the excerpt from "The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood."

"Ay, marry, will I join with you all," quoth the Tinker, "for I love a merry life, and I love thee, good master, though thou didst thwack my ribs and cheat me into the bargain. Fain am I to own thou art both a stouter and a slyer man than I; so I will obey thee and be thine own true servant."

So all turned their steps to the forest depths, where the Tinker was to live henceforth.

What universal theme does this excerpt represent?

Money is everything.

Rebels inspire loyalty.

Obedience is better than rebellion.

Cheating will get you everywhere.

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Christian · Answer 1

The universal theme represented by the passage is the second one, rebels inspire loyalty. The tinker, this is a person "travelling from place to place mending pans and other metal utensils", agrees to join Robin Hood's gang, despite the latter one cheated the tinker, because he has proven to be more stout and astute or shrewd (slyer) and promises the tinker a merry life.

Ramon Burton · Answer 2

Rebels inspire loyalty