Isengard

There are so many villains out there. From Disney villains, to action film villains, to regular everyday villains. People claim that they have a favorite, and will stick with them until the absolute end. Some people say that the villains should not be celebrated, and only like the heroes of the story. Villains are a huge part of every great story, and should be celebrated. I have one particular villain in my mind. He comes from the great mind of J.R.R. Tolkien. He is a part of The Hobbit and the…

J.R.R Tolkien represents the motif of the fall in a variety of ways in his writing. He does the fall as an allegory, as he is opposed to making moral or political arguments. The fall is a tool used in his writing used in a theological sense to understand the Primary World through his sub-creations. In this essay, I shall discuss how the fall is portrayed in Tolkien’s work by surveying the falls of Melkor, Saruman, Boromir and Gollum. The first character that falls in the history and chronology…

Dearest Bilbo, How are you doing? I hope you are enjoying living in. Overall I am doing fine, however much has changed since I last wrote to you. Where to begin? I suppose I will start where I left off in the last letter. Lady Galadriel presented us each with a parting gift. For Aragorn,she gave a sheath etched with flowers and leaves of silver and gold, as well as a silver brooch called the Elfstone that once belonged to Celebrían. Both Merry and Pippin received “silver belts, each with a…

Considered the modern classic and the best fantasy novels of the era, The Lord of the Ring series written by J.R.R. Tolkien is a phenomenal series that created many subcultures and formed huge fandom. One of the most beloved and widely read authors in the world, Tolkien wrote The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King as three parts of The Lord of the Ring. Samuel Peter Jackson released the sensational film The Lord of the Ring: The Fellowship of the Ring in 2001 and rest…

In “the death of the author” Barthes essentially gives power to the reader. It addresses the power of the author in reading and analyzing writing. It says that the reader has the option to cast off the background of the writer and focus more on his ideas. Volitair’s Candide and Tolkien's opposition to allegorical corresponds to "the death of the author". So what is "the death of the author"? To understand how Tolkien’s opposition to allegorical writing, one must fully understand the…

Elvish language, Quenya, was based on elements of Finnish. The Lord of the Rings was influenced by European mythologies, including the Anglo-Saxon poem, Beowulf. Shakespeare’s Macbeth also impacted Tolkien in a number of ways. The Ent attack on Isengard was inspired by “Birnam Wood coming to Dunsinane” in the play; Tolkien felt men carrying boughs was not impressive enough, and thus he used tree-like…

Shakespeare is one of the greatest playwrights in history and in 1599 Shakespeare wrote Julius Caesar one of his greatest plays right next to Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. In this research paper the backgrounds of Julius Caesar and Brutus, two people from the play, will be talked about and how Brutus stabs his best friend Julius Caesar in the back. Also, a modern day Julius Caesar, Gandalf the Grey, and a modern day Brutus, Saruman the White, have been chosen so that their relationship, and…

1. Context "The world has changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, for none now live that remember it", says Lady Galadriel. The future of all living things rests in the fate of the One Ring, created by the powerful witch-king Sauron. In this ring he poured his cruelty, his malice, and will to dominate all life. After his defeat in battle, and following a series of events, the Ring had been passed through a variety of owners…

The Battle of Helm’s Deep was the first major battle of the War of the Ring where the Rohirrim defended Helm’s Deep from Saruman’s militia of Uruk-hai and orcs. The Battle of Helm’s Deep acts dissimilarly in both the film and the book. In the film, it is a pivotal battle, similar to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields in The Return of the King. In the book, it is simply just another battle in the lead-up to the finale at Pelennor Fields and Minas Tirith. Per se, there is much less detail in the…