“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us‚” (LotR 51). Death is a necessary evil‚ an end to life. It’s what we do with our life that is most important. In Tolkien’s “Lord of the Rings‚” mortals who acquire immortality end up facing many harsh realities. In the creation of Middle Earth‚ Iluvatar creates the Ainur (Holy Ones) and the Children of Iluvatar. The Ainur are the first‚ and the most powerful beings created by Iluvatar; they are immortal. The Children of Iluvatar
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Presumed dead‚ the story of these boys shocked the world. Their story starts three months ago‚ June 16th. During the height of the war‚ with the threat of an atomic bomb prevalent‚ the British were moving their young to boarding schools outside of the area under threat. While in flight‚ their plane was shot down leaving these boys stranded on a deserted island for over 2 months. The boys‚ aged 6-14‚ started off cooperating‚ working together to get food water shelter and heat‚ but soon turned to
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The lost king from Tolkien’s Lord of The Rings series‚ having passed the first threshold‚ takes on his labyrinth and rescue‚ ultimately accomplishing his heroic deeds. Although Aragorn follows his own path to kleos he travels not alone but‚ like all heroes‚ with friends otherwise known as his hero partners. For Aragorn a company consisting of an Elf‚ a Dwarf‚ a Man‚ four Hobbits‚ and one Wizard to give mystical insight‚ accompany him on this voyage while also passing as a hero partner for his companions’
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Furthermore‚ the physical voyage that the characters undertake is symbolic of the emotional turmoil or adversely‚ contentment within them. This is evident through the use of literary and visual techniques in the play Othello by William Shakespeare and Lord of the Rings:
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In the Merriam-Webster dictionary‚ adversity is defined as “a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune”. Throughout his film‚ The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring‚ Peter Jackson displayed the effects of adversity on identity through his deuteragonist‚ Aragorn. Adversity shaped Aragorn’s identity in three instances; when Gandalf died‚ when the Uruk-hai initiated an attack against the fellowship‚ and finally‚ when Frodo and Sam departed in a different direction
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theologians have sought to determine whether evil is a polarized and present force or whether evil is the absence or falling away from good. The Lord of the Rings is not just a story about the conflict between good and evil‚ but rather is a story that demonstrates the multifaceted nature of both. In the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring it is easy to relegate evil to a dualistic force in the world‚ that characters are either inherently good or inherently evil. However‚ as the
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Sometimes they’re obvious and other times they’re masked though they are without a doubt the most familiar battles occurring on earth. In J.R.R. Tolkien’s Fellowship of the Ring‚ the struggle for power over Middle-Earth and the formation and battle of opposing forces of good and evil is the primary focus in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The main conflicts seen and foreshadowed in FoTR are man versus man‚ and man versus nature. What is considered good and evil is often subjective in today’s society
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shows the Dark Lord Sauron forging the One Ring in order to conquer the lands of Middle-earth. A Last Alliance of Elves and Men is formed to counter Sauron’s forces at the foot of Mount Doom‚ but Sauron kills Elendil‚ the High King of Men. His son‚ Prince Isildur grabs Elendil’s broken sword Narsil‚ and slashes at Sauron’s hand‚ separating him from the Ring and vanquishing his army. However‚ because Sauron’s "life force" is bound to the Ring‚ he is not completely defeated until the Ring itself is destroyed
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Fasakin 1 Precious Fasakin Mrs. Thompson English‚ Period 1 16 February 2012 To Ring or Not to Ring For various reasons‚ I believe schools should ban the use of cell phones at school. Some people might argue that students could use their cell phones as educational tools; however‚ personally‚ I am one of the students who you could say has a “cell
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that the reader experiences practically no challenge in recognizing the individuals from the different sets: the siblings Faramir and Boromir‚ Gandalf and Saruman‚ Aragorn and the Lord of the Nazgûl‚ Galadriel and
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