In this passage, the sheriff of nottingham punishes three brothers for the crime of hunting for food in the king’s forest. "so," quoth [the sheriff of nottingham], in a great, loud, angry voice, "ye have been poaching upon the king's deer, have you? now i will make short work of you this day, for i will hang up all three of you as a farmer would hang up three crows to scare others of the kind from the field. our fair county of nottingham hath been too long a breeding place for such naughty knaves as you are. i have put up with these things for many years, but now i will stamp them out once for all, and with you i will begin.“ the merry adventures of robin hood, howard pyle how is the sheriff of nottingham an example of an archetype? a)he is a villain because acts with cruelty. b)he is a hero because he is victorious. c)he is a sage because he instructs the young. d)he is a rebel because he acts according to his own moral code.