Bandits and Outlaws

This was one of my favourite lectures, as it showed me that being a bandit is not always deemed to be bad thing, sometimes you have to do what is right for the rest of the society. According to Eric Hobsbawm the bad guy becomes the good guy when they become champions of the weak. A good example of this is Robin Hood, who stole from the rich to give to the poor. Although it was classified as 'stealing' he wasn't seen as a bad person because he was doing it for a good cause. On the other hand Bonnie and Clyde were the
opposite to that of Robin Hood, they were more 'blatent' in what they did. They went out with one thing on their mind, and that was to make 'raises' and not give a damn about it after. For Bonnie and Clyde though, to steal was what got them through day by day, they were so clever in the way they did it and the way they changed their appearances each and everytime they went out to do a hitch. In comparison Bonnie and Clyde would definately be the more 'dangerous' bandits ' as they did it for personal pleasure where Robin Hood had the poor to worry about. Below is a detailed synopsis/review of of Bonnie and Clyde, just to give u a little idea of what theywere about:

www.filmsite.org/bonn.html