Middle-earth

“‘You’ve got it?’ gasped Frodo. ‘You’ve got it here? Sam, you’re a marvel!’ Then quickly and strangely his tone changed. ‘Give it to me!’ he cried, standing up, holding out a trembling hand. ‘Give it to me at once! You can’t have it!’” (Tolkien 890) John Ronald Reuel Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is a fantasy trilogy that has set the bar for all others of the genre. It follows a young hobbit named Frodo as he, and his companions, struggle to destroy an evil ring capable of the world’s end. Frodo…

follows a young Hobbit named Frodo, along with The Fellowship to take an evil ring to Mount Doom. Lord of The Rings is by far the best movie series, with its mythical world, the plot and characters, and dialogue. The legendarium of Middle Earth is home to many races and creatures real, and nonexistent. Words can not explain how the author of the original books, JRR Tolkien, thought of this world and everything in it. In the series there are many races; men, elves, dwarves, ents,…

By describing in depth the peoples, geography, and history of his invented world, Tolkien offers an imaginary world so vividly portrayed in its complexity that readers do not so much suspend disbelief while reading as much as simply believe in Middle-earth.…

within the city. This was not like most days. A entourage of two men (Gandalf and Aragorn), an elf (Legolas) and a dwarf (Gimli). Each with their own set of skills and glorified heritage. Gandalf - a powerful wizard that fights to end the turmoil in Middle-Earth. Aragorn - The lost son of the king of Gondor and soon to be the leader of the army of the dead. Legolas - The wood elf that was…

Tolkien begins the story with explaining how temptation for material things can lead to conflict, which brings about physical death. One ring was created by Sauron to rule the Middle Earth “this is the Master-ring, the one ring to rule them all” (Tolkien 49). The ring was made to have complete power over everything. However, Isildur, one of the great men, gets tempted by the power of the ring. As a result of desiring the ring he…

as he makes one last stand in defiance of evil, and draws the Orcs to him smiting them as he blows the horn of Gondor. Treebeard reawakens the forest from their long sleep as he calls them to war not just for themselves, but for the peoples of Middle Earth (475). Faramir faces the decision of either choosing his loyalty to his father, or choosing to follow his heart. He chooses to protect and let Frodo go, and accepts Gondor’s laws of punishment and death for defying the steward his father (675)…

her introduction, Chance notes that since Peter Jackson began filming The Lord of the Rings in 1999, “there has been a parallel rise in interest in his writings and books about his writings” (1). Additionally, the publication of The History of Middle-earth series in the 1980s and 1990s has provided scholars with a wealth…

each with a clasp wrought like a golden flower” (493), and Boromir received a larger gold belt that would the larger waist of a man. Legolas, the archer, was given a Galadhrim bow strung with elf hair and a quiver of arrows. A small wooden box of earth from Galadriel’s…

The nostalgia comes from my brothers and I reading and watching Tolkien's middle-earth world. Because of this fantasy, we all grew closer together and developed common interests in this genre where we could all talk about medieval fantasy books and movies, with the novel I chose starting off this coming together with one another…

The Lord of the Rings: The Monomyth Quest Olivea Borden, Jack Hosek, Swati Patel, Noor Alyasiry, Evan Karlson, and Quinton Rodgers As modern day fantasy, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy can be defined as a monomyth. A monomyth is simply defined as a hero’s journey. Frodo, the hero of the trilogy, is seen refusing the call to adventure at first but then accepting it. On his journey, he aided by supernatural forces and tested throughout his journey. After he completed his task of destroying the…