Good And Evil In Tolkien's 'Silmarillion'

Stories have the power to share a message to their audience or explain the reasons why we personally see or think the things we do. Storytellers through myths or through the creation of fictional stories can show that humanity shares many of the same basic struggles and the curiosities to some of life’s greatest mysteries, such as good or evil. In both the biblical myths in Genesis and the fictional world of Tolkien’s Silmarillion there are parallels can be seen between them as individuals submit to evil and suffer resulting punishments or consequences. In the Bible, Genesis 3 retells the story of the temptation and fall of Adam and Eve. The Garden of Eden was a paradise where Adam and Eve had the choice to live out life freely. There was only one rule however, and that rule was to not eat the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. Falling into the deception of the serpent, both Adam and Eve ate from the fruit. Their eyes were opened to the concept of good and evil, but with this Adam and Eve faced consequences. “I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception… cursed is the ground for thy sake: in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life” (Genesis 3:16-17). Furthermore, God exiled Adam and Eve from the Garden of Eden. The consequences of …show more content…
The story simplified is about the conflict that arises between two brothers. Cain, was a farmer and Abel, his younger brother was in charge of the sheep. One day, both brothers are asked to bring an offering to the Lord. From the offerings given between the two brothers to God, Abel receives God’s favor in his offering versus Cain’s. Cain becomes jealous of Abel and from Cain’s jealousy kills his own brother. (Maybe another quote here). In the outcome that follows, God punishes Cain for his actions act of killing his brother, condemning him to become a fugitive and a wanderer of the Earth (Bible Genesis