It appeared in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Pirates of Penzance with pirates who can not oppress an orphan (and swallow any and all claims to be an orphan) and are easily overcome by appealing to their loyalty to Queen Victoria. The Romantics were fond of this trope, as in Lord Byron's The Corsair. Frequently featured as The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything to prevent their romantic aura being tainted by them harming innocents. Roguish Scoundrels: Pirates featured as dashing romantic heroes and rebels, ranging from the rather goofy to the totally rebellious generally, they follow a code of honor.Real Life pirates would often cultivate this kind of image to instill fear and terror in their victims and targets, making for surrender quicker and easier. They have, in fact, thoroughly earned their Real Life designation hostes humani generis or, in literal Latin, "enemies of the human race". Generally the easy go-to bad guys for anything in The Cavalier Years. Seeing the Jolly Roger on the horizon is bad news for the dashing, clean-cut heroes, who will soon have to deal with a wave of unwashed brutes intent on looting as much as they can, killing the crew after prolonged torture to ensure they aren't holding back treasure and pure cruelty as well, and… ahem… "abducting" the women. Marauding Brutes: Some pirates are major threats whenever they appear.Fond o' drinking and prone ta fights, out to live "a short life and a merry one." The pirates we know and love were greatly influenced by those of Peter Pan and Treasure Island. ĭashing villains who lived free on the open sea, with a parrot on their shoulder, a cutlass in their hand and a chest full o' gold. The Pirate King, The Pirates of Penzance
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