Obligation In Lord Of The Rings

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Obligation is an act or course of action to which a person is morally or legally bound. In the movie The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring by Peter Jackson, the plot of the movie is to destroy the one ring to rule them all, and keep it from Sauron otherwise Middle-Earth will be shrouded in darkness. The essay is going to be discussing a character in the movie that is burdened with the task of destroying the ring, and how a burden of such responsibility can determine what you do and that the results could possibly be good or bad. One of the biggest influences in the movie is the character Boromir and his decisions drastically affected the outcome of the fellowship and his obligation to protect Frodo Baggins From the forces of Mordor.

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