The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy: More than just an action packed exciting story; Tolkien had a greater message in his works J.R.R. Tolkien is demonstrating effective ways for ordinary citizens in our world today to accomplish goals that almost seem impossible. By greatly emphasizing the importance of teamwork, individual strengths, and the will power to overcome setbacks, Tolkien is expressing to his readers what we must ... do to stand up to terrorism and continue being the leader in world affairs. The Fellowship understands the power of the ring and realize they have to work together as a tea...

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Frodo wakes in the house of Elrond in Rivendell. Gandalf is beside him and he tells the Hobbit that his friends are all safe. The wizard knows about most of their journey because the Hobbit has been talking in his sleep. Gandalf was delayed and could not guide them because he was held captive. Frodo thanks him for the help of Strider. Gandalf tells Frodo that Strider is of a race of kings; all rangers are of this race. Gandalf asks him how his shoulder feels and tells him that Elrond cured him of the cursed wound. A splinter of the dark blade had been in his flesh. The black riders had been tr...

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The Lord of the Rings. The lord of the rings is one of the greatest movie's ever made. It takes you on a epic journey through time, that definitely keep's you involved. The start of the movie sets up the rest of the story and is a brilliant way to get people thinking. The movie begins with an action packed first scene in a war against the dark lord Sauron. But then makes it way up to a peaceful village, land of the shire. This is where you ... Hobits, elves, a mysterious warrior named, Aragorn, and a human lord, Boromir. Frodo and his fellowship, journey through worlds of elves and dwarves an...

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The Fellowship of the Ring-bearer, consisting of four Hobbits (Sam, Frodo the ring-bearer, Pippin and Merry), two Men (Boromir and Aragorn), one Dwarf (Gimli), one Elf (Legolas), and one Wizard (Gandalf, who previously fell deep into the Mines of Moria and has yet to return), are in the heat of battle against a group of Orcs when Boromir is pierced by arrows and dies, but not before letting out a final blow on his horn to let the others know of the danger that is coming. As the rest of the Fellowship is drawn towards Boromir's horn, the Orcs escape with Pippin and Merry, and Frodo and Sam trav...

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... critics have complained that the duration of Lord of the Rings (LOTR): The Fellowship of the Ring was nothing more than a dull 178 minutes; that the film was uneventful and repetitive in terms of its narration. The Fellowship of the Ring may seem "dead" in comparison to its sequel LOTR: The Two Towers, which has a more energetic and stunning action sequences than The Fellowship of the Ring. Even though The Two Towers contains more of the amazing special effects to make the film more exciting, The Fellowship of the Ring relies on humor ... its frontal waves shaped as a herd of horses. Th...

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... . Peter Jackson, who also directed The Fellowship of the Ring, which laid the groundwork for this film, directed the film. The entire trilogy was filmed in New Zealand over a three-year period. The film introduces a series of new characters to include Theoden (Bernard Hill) the king of Rohan and Eowyn (Miranda Otto) Theoden's niece. This movie continues the epic adventure that is Lord of the Rings. The Two Towers picks up where the Fellowship of the Ring left off. It begins with Frodo ... and Sam moving through the mountains towards Mordor, however they are hopelessly lost. They encounte...

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... , 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 when he volunteered to protect Frodo at the meeting in Rivendell. He gives his bow to rid of the awful ring ... that is terrorizing middle earth. Some examples that prove his loyalty would be the traveling all through middle earth with some extreme ...

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... J.R.R Tolkien published the first book in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, in 1954 he broke ground and paved the way for fantasy all the way to the twenty-first century -- a century that still holds Tolkien's works on a glorious pedestal that stands far and above those in his shadow. The complexity of Tolkien's writing rules out a detailed overview of the entire hero's quest through what is called "Middle Earth". The essence of Tolkien's trilogy can ... 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 fi...

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