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Old 10-15-2019, 09:25 PM   #164
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Sure you can. Write a similar story with a new set of characters in a different time period.
Then you have the task of making sure everyone, everywhere knows who your new character is and what he represents. And then making sure his name becomes part of our language and our culture. How do you plan to do that?

My point isn't about Robin Hood as a character in a story it's about Robin Hood as a meaningful icon in our culture and our language.

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