... and contains subtle messages. The Lord of the Rings is certainly not to be read literally, but neither is every word of the Bible. Instead in the Bible there is religious truth to be retrieved and J.R.R. Tolkien applies the same idea to his work. J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings is a myth whose basis lies on the ideas of Christianity. Clearly, the character within The Lord of the Rings parallel biblical characters. The evil, antagonist of this epic is Sauron ... single prohibition. Satan also begins as one of God's greatest angels in heaven, but then wants more power so he tries to...

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• Grade Level: High School

... lord Sauron (Day 33). Both are powerful beings who possess a ring of power which controls weaker rings (Day 32). Their goals of domination are even similar-Odin trying to conquer the nine worlds, and Sauron trying to conquer Middle-earth (Day 33). They both have control over birds and wolves as well (Day 33). However, Sauron is not the only character with similarities with those of Norse mythology. The ... a fire sword. Freyr is Gandalf who is facing the beast. Like Gandalf, Freyr defeats his enemy. Different pieces of English literature were also great influences on Tolkien that he used ...

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... Smeagol who has carried the ring for 500 years; all the while, the dark power of the ring has transformed him from a hobbit into a creature of the dark who cannot bare the light. It is the "dark power" which is connected to Gollum that makes him a pivotal character through out the whole trilogy. In the ending of The Hobbit, Bilbo passes the ring onto his heir, Frodo. At the beginning of The Fellowship of the Rings, the first book in the trilogy, Frodo departs, accompanied ... of the hero-warrior flashes with the energy of the creative Source: before it fall the shells of the Outworn. Fo...

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... tree, lithe, immensely strong, able swiftly to draw a great war-bow and shoot down a Nazgul, endowed with the tremendous vitality of Elvish bodies, so hard and resistant to hurt that he went only in light shoes, over rocks or through snow, the most tireless of all the Fellowship" (Tolkein, Book of Lost Tales pg. 3333). These reasons, as well as many others, are why I chose the character ... Legolas Greenleaf as my hero. Heroic traits that Leoglas demonstrates throughout the Lord of the Rings trilogy include: loyalty, courageousness and his swift nature. Legolas proved his ... loyalty wh...

• Word Count: 442
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• Grade Level: High School