The film “The Fellowship of the Ring” based on the novel by J. R. R. Tolkien‚ along with my personal experience‚ portrays the idea that there will be an interplay between fear and foresight when an individual makes life-altering choices because foresight of the outcome of situations will often builds fear when being unsure of what will happen. The main character in the film‚ Frodo Baggins‚ along with my personal life experience‚ show that while making a life-altering decision‚ acknowledging foresight
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“The Ring of Gyges” is a story that comes from Plato’s book The Republic‚ where this magical gold ring confers the power of invisibility to its wearer. Because the Ring of Gyges would make the wearer invisible‚ it would in turn allow the wearer to do things without being watched‚ therefore he or she could get away with virtually anything and everything. Obviously with such a powerful ring‚ many would assume that it would lead to moral corruption because it would allow the wearer to do anything they
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after it split from India around 88 million years ago (Ratsirarson 2003). A primate who is native to the island of Madagascar is the Lemur Catta‚ also known as the ring-tailed lemur. Lemur Catta are endemic to southern and southwestern Madagascar‚ with an additional population on the southeastern plateau of the Andringita Mountains. The ring tailed lemur’s classification is of the following‚ Domain: Eukaryota‚ Kingdom: Animalia‚ Phylum: Chordata‚ Subphylum: Vertebrata‚ Class: Mammalia‚ Order: Primates
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In the film The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring‚ Peter Jackson shows the emotions of characters quite well‚ especially the main protagonist Frodo Baggins. He makes it very obvious how the Ring effects Frodo and the people around him‚ capturing the grief and suffering the Ring causes. “I am sorry that I have brought this upon you‚ my boy. And I’m sorry that you must bear this burden. I’m sorry for everything.” (1:35) the fellowship and other people that are around Frodo are aware of
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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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In the chapter‚ ‘The Old Forest’ from Lord Of The Rings‚ the author is able to create tension by using short sentences such as ‘It was quite useless’ and ‘Suddenly he stopped.’ Using short sentences is effective in building and maintaining suspense because it creates a sudden pause. The sudden pause is used to emphasize or highlight a point. Secondly‚ the reader is given very little amount of description about the dangers inside the ‘abominable wood.’ Merry provides a brief description about
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The Lord of the Rings Trilogy J.R.R. Tolkien is one of the most influential fantasy writers of all time. He has been referred to as the “father” of modern fantasy literature. Tolkien was an English writer‚ poet‚ philologist‚ and a professor at Oxford University. He has written The Hobbit‚ The Silmarillion‚ the famous Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ and more. The Lord of the Rings has inspired literature‚ artwork‚ music‚ film‚ videogames‚ and television. In The Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ Tolkien
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English IV 16 April Ann E. Canlas Mrs. Ong IV-6 A Comparative Analysis between the Fantasy Epic the Lord of the Rings and the World War Introduction: The Lord of the Rings is an epic fantasy trilogy that revolves around the world called the “Middle-Earth” wherein men‚ elves‚ dwarves‚ hobbits and many other magical creatures reside. Written by the late English writer J.R.R. Tolkien‚ the novel has made a huge name not only in the world of literature but also in the world of motion
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Following the 9/11 event in the United States‚ the American troops the located Osama bin Laden in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan from where he managed to escape under their watch. This fight took place from December 5 to 17 2001. While members of the (SBS) British Special Boat Service team were listening in on the conversations of a captured short wave radio‚ they stated that they heard a voice which they believed to be of Osama Bin Laden. Further‚ two members from this team noticed a tall
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Megan Rose Tennenbaum April/May‚ 2012 English 1 – 1 If I Were An Animal Essay: Ring-Tailed Lemur Lemurs are found exclusively on the small island of Madagascar‚ which is located on the coast of Africa‚ and some of the small neighboring islands. Due to this geographic isolation‚ Madagascar is the home to numerous amazing animals that are not found anywhere else on Earth. It has been said that lemurs might just have floated there eons ago on “rafts” of vegetation and simply evolved in isolation
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