Fellowship Of The Ring Essay

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Further, we can see the narrative of the story is fantastic. The Fellowship of the Ring is indeed a literary fictional treasure. The conflict of the story is creatures vrs. creatures. Each character of the story is essential for the making of the movie, both primary and secondary, even the antagonist. At the beginning of the story there is a beautiful calmed places called the Shire. This is the home of the hobbits. A place with beautiful-cozy houses with round doors. The homes are near each other so everyone can visit one another. There is a big lake, the climate is very sunny and it seems as if it never rains. Not to mention the other beautiful landscapes that were brought to life by Jackson during the film making. Mordor is a dark place, the home of the antagonists. The skies are dark, feeling eeriness in the atmosphere. It is never sunny and the light comes mainly from the volcano that is constantly erupting. There are all sorts of social classes through this movie. The atmosphere depends on every scene, but most of them were dark and worrisome (Lord).
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A successful use of characterization in The Fellowship of the Ring is the grey wizard, most known as Gandalf. He is one of the five great wizards, which are view as celestial creatures by the others specially the hobbits. We can see how “Gandalf's importance and popularity was demonstrated as he enters Hobbiton to a warm welcome by the villagers” (Evans). Gandalf is humorous, kind, short-tempered but most of all he is very wise. Throughout the journey Gandalf power is constantly put into test either by Saruman, by the black creature inside Moira, or at the end in the Bridge of Khazad-dûm. We can see how Gandalf judgment and extreme wisdom is displayed when making a simple but important decision when choosing between the two different paths inside Moira. In conclusion Gandalf presence was a key element in the voyage of taking the ring into

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