The Return of the King

in the twilight (778). Merry and Eowyn are kindred souls, both are overlooked by others and neither of them wants to be left behind (785). Eowyn sees this in Merry: “such good will not be denied” and will not see him left behind when they both have love ones they wish to fight for (787). As she faces the Lord of the Nazgul she comes into complete balance with her emotions as “hope and despair, victory and death” are both intertwined, and shows this externally as she is both “slender but as a steel-blade” and “fair and terrible” (822-823). She shows her true self as Merry looks upon her seeing both Eowyn and Dernhelm unveiling her anima and animus (823). Her and Merry’s fates are intertwined together as Eowyn is destined to kill the Nazgul King, and Merry was brought there with having one of the only blades capable of penetrating his flesh (826). As Sam faces the darkness of the abyss before him, he comes into his own being. He pushes himself forward through his fears and doubts even when he is trembling and feels like a small hobbit (878). As Sam puts on the Ring, he begins to understand the power of the Ring as the Ring tries to penetrate its own shadow (878). He feels the Ring gnawing at his will and reason tempting him with wild fantasies that are filled with his desires (880). Sam overcomes the power of the Ring as he penetrates through the Rings ability to deceive the wearer and follows the light within him to guide him out of the shadows (881). As Sam stands on the…

The book The Return of the King, by J.R.R Tolkien is one of the lord of the rings book series. This book starts of with Gandalf and a hobbit riding to a city near Mordor. They are going there because the beacons were which meant that the enemy was ready for war. When they arrive at the city they find the city prepared for war. The only people there are men and some young boys because the rest of the city fled. Then it switches over to Rohan which is a king and he knows that war is coming so he…

A new computer, book, dress, phone, or movie, each item has a purpose in life, but also a certain amount of power over the beholder. J.R.R. Tolkien, the author of The Return of the King, described a specific object in his novels and the supremacy it held over certain characters. The One Ring of Power, The Ring of Sauron, plays an essential role in The Return of the King as a source of power, trial of will, and symbol. From Sauron to Isildur, the river to Gollum, Gollum’s cave to Bilbo’s pocket,…

The gift and the giver is an African folk tale written by Russell G. Davis and Brent K. Ashabranner. This story is about a poor farmer who found the most beautiful apple he had seen growing in his apple tree. A lot of farmers came to see this apple and all of them agreed that this apple was created straight from the hands of god himself. When the farmer thought about what will he do with the apple, he decided he would give it to his daughter, but the daughter just wouldn't accept such a…

King Arthur Heroic Archetype The story of King Arthur is best understood by looking at it through the archetypical lense. King Arthur must pass the multiple heroic stages to prove and attain the status of hero. The first couple of stages he must go through is pulling the sword from the stone, a feat only accomplishable by those chosen to be king and he must emerge as a true king from a mere child. He will conquer many lands throughout Europe and defeat evil to return his people to a state of…

The Lion King is a good adaptation of Hamlet for the following reasons. First the characters were very similar, second what happens to the characters was fairly similar, and lastly in both the kings child was sent away, and they both came back home. I will go more into depth with the following paragraphs. First i think the lion king is a good adaptation of Hamlet because the characters have a lot of similarities such as Mufasa was a great king, and so was the old Hamlet they are both praised…

Which is Prominent? The Epic of Sundiata and The Lion King are very similar is ways but different is ways also. Something that shows that both of the epics are very similar is that both Simba and Sundiata are exiled but return to reclaim their kingdom. Just as the movie and the epic have similarities they also have differences such as in the two characters Simba is more of the active and curious lion cub while Sundiata lags behind the others. Another thing that makes these two tales different…

Raffel’s poem, “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight,” Sir Gawain, a knight of the round table, is the hero who embarks on a journey and returns with a better knowledge of his true inner self. The poem starts at Camelot’s Christmas celebration when Sir Gawain accepts a challenge from the Green Knight, basically agreeing to let the Green Knight behead him in a year from their first encounter. Sir Gawain stays true to his word and a little less than a year later goes on a quest to find the Green Knight…

Theseus and the minotaur. in this story theseus takes place of one of the people who are chosen to be sent off to another island to be put in a maze and face their death. his dad waits for his return while theseus is there. when thesus arrives there is seen by the kings daughter which she immediately picks him out over all the other men due to his looks. when theseus is put in a holding cell with the rest of his village mates the kings daughter comes to pay him a visit. while she is there she…

the most prominent one is that of King Arthur. By mistake, Arthur successfully attempts to remove the sword Excalibur from the stone, symbolizing that he is the rightful king of the land. This sets him on the task of acquiring respect and recognition, along with dealing with his affairs as king. Because Arthur’s story follows the three stages of the hero’s quest--separation, initiation, and return--it is an example of the archetypal hero’s quest. Separation in the hero’s journey begins with the…