... invisible and stun his guests. Gandalf, the powerful wizard, then meets up with Biblo at his house and takes the ring from Bilbo, which is corrupting him. Gandalf examines it, realizing that the ring Bilbo has is the powerful "Ruling Ring". Knowing that the forces of evil are in search of ... thinks out loud to himself and says, "But if you wished to destroy the armed might of the Dark Lord, then it is folly to go without force into his domain; and folly to throw away" (Tolkien 435). Boromir is referring to the ring when he states "and folly to throw away" (Tolkien ... prime facts of ...

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Imagine being in a world before the industrial world and into a world where magic and mystery are the dominant force of life. Step back into a world where there are monsters, demons and evil wizards, but with this, there are friends all of kinds, fairies and good wizards. Here one has ... turn, that in the mind of fantasist, society is worth saving" (Evans, 481). In The Lord of the Rings Frodo was challenged with the destruction of the all-evil and corrupting rings of power. In doing so, Frodo sacrificed his own life. Frodo's display of moral virtue is exactly what Evan's was stating about h...

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... swayed into wickedness. Bestowing such power to the already powerful will only lead to a new Dark Lord. However, not all would refuse the Ring; some wished to take it by force. Boromir wished to use its power to defend his homeland of Gondor, the last stronghold between Mordor - Sauron's Kingdom - and its conquest of Middle Earth. Boromir attempts to murder Frodo ... by Sauron, where he is amassing his army of Orcs. In addition, it is not only these external evils that the Fellowship must combat, but also internal dissension and the corrupting influence of the One Ring itself. The all-p...

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• Grade Level: High School