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    characteristics of Icelandic heroes in general. To go unflinchingly to their doom with full foreknowledge of it was the only way of proving themselves superior to it. They defied their fate by accepting it” (qtd. In Tolkien’s Cauldron). In much the same way, the characters of Tolkien’s book accept the fate that has been bequeathed to them despite the apparent doom which they would deem unavoidable. Tolkien seemed to be drawn into writing about the same romanticized notions as that of Beowulf;…

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    The Hobbit Industrialism

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    caused pollution, Tolkien saw what happened to the environment and it shows in The Lord of the Rings. The loathsome creatures of middle earth take advantage of nature for their own gain, just like the entrepreneurs do to make money. One bad wizard, saruman, in The Lord of the Rings, destroys the land and builds an army. On the other side you have elves who care for the land. Sound familiar? It’s the battle between rich and…

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    J. R. R. Tolkien was born on January 3, 1892. He loved to create and learn languages his whole life. His parents died when he was a young man. He attended Oxford College. The Hobbit was published in 1937 and is the prequel to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. He wrote it as a Dark Age prehistory for Europe. The novels had integrated many diverse characters throughout the storyline. There are many conflicts that change the course of the plot. This includes characters’ fates and the destiny…

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    December 17th, 2014 was a very important day for many people around the world. On that day Peter Jackson released the third and final Hobbit movie, The Battle of Five Armies. It was almost exactly thirteen years before, (December 19th, 2001) that he released the first movie of The Lord of the Rings trilogy; The Fellowship of the Ring. This was a huge moment for all the fans of J.R.R Tolkien’s books, because The Battle of Five Armies is the last part of the whole series. Although the Hobbit…

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    John Ronald Reuel Tolkien, better known as J.R.R. Tolkien was born to a loving Christian family in Bloemfontein, South Africa and lived during the World War II era. He was taught how to read and write at an early age by his dedicated mother. He learned how to read and write in English, French, and Latin. Tolkien, who was gifted with a vivid imagination, came up with his own constructed languages, based on Finnish and Welsh, which he later used in some of the novels he wrote. All of these factors…

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    “Not all those who wander are lost” (J.R.R Tolkien). Tolkien lived an interesting life. He fought in World War I on the western front. This is where he got many of his ideas for writing. After World War I ended, literature and writings were influenced greatly through experiences in the war. A big new invention that came about in this time was the assembly line. This was so important because Americans were able to afford cars. Production was off the charts during this time period because…

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    In J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the Riders of Rohan, or Rohirrim, are horse loving Men who live on the plains of Middle-earth. The Rohirrim’s initial respect for the land contrasts their later ambivalent and destructive use of it, therefore reinforcing the need for both biblical utilitarian and morally intrinsic perspectives when forming a sustainable community. While The Riders of Rohan use and protect the land at first in an agrarian-based society, they grow indifferent to both…

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    What sort of mythological universe is presented in the work? The Lord of the Rings is set in the fictional world of Middle Earth. In a mythological sense, it can be viewed as myths of the events that took place before human history. Throughout the films, an aura of myth and reminiscence is maintained. It starts off in the Shire with a bright and casual tone, and moves into a more dark and serious tone as the fellowship branches out into more dangerous parts of the world. Middle Earth is…

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    Allurement In The Hobbit

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    J.R.R. Tolkien once guaranteed that, "The Lord of the Rings is obviously an on a very basic level religious and Christian work; unwittingly so at to start with, yet intentionally in the update". This is borne out in an examination of his labor of love, the making of the legendary history of Middle-earth. ·: Magic :· "Enchantment" in the writing of Tolkien 's Middle-earth is firmly related neither to that rehearsed in the mysterious nor to the illusions of performers. It is not the same as…

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    2.2 Previous Studies Previously, some of the research has already done by some researchers regarding the stereotype, whether it is on the animation movie or popular films and television. These researchers will be also used as a reference in this research. First is from Brewer (2009), the researcher analyzed about the stereotypic women portrayals in the slasher movies between 16 totals of the slasher films, 8 of original films and 8 of the remake films. The researcher found that there are a…

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