... leader of a council of wizards. Lust for the ring, however, altered his behavior. He raised his own armies of orcs and men, hoping to rival Sauron. When Gandalf would not provide him with the clue to find the Ring, he imprisoned his fellow wizard. Saruman's plots distract the men of Rohan and Gandalf ... is the oldest Ent in Fangorn. He is a great shepherd of trees. He finds the hobbits and helps them. When he realizes the truth about Sauron, he becomes enraged and eventually rallies the rest of the Ents against him. Quickbeam is the hasty Ent who takes care of Merry and Pippin while the...

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• Grade Level: High School

... the Dwarf-Kings were recovered and the others were consumed by dragons), nine were given to mortal men and they were captured by Sauron and thus became Ringwraiths. Sauron is the Dark Lord and he seeks the Ring in order to have "strength and knowledge to beat down all resistance, break ... spirituality. Good and evil viewed mentally involve the thoughts and beliefs that the characters have towards others. Alberto Mingardi speaks of the arch villain, Sauron, by stating: Sauron represents as near an approach to the wholly evil will as is possible. He had gone the way of all tyrants: beginni...

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... and demons, which makes it different from many other books. Bilbo Baggins now possesses the Ring of Power and it needs to be destroyed. If the evil lord Sauron retrieves the ring, all of Middle Earth will be destroyed. Frodo will have to make a long journey to be able to get rid of the ring: ... The story starts, as Bilbo Baggins' own adopted son, Frodo Baggins, will now have to set out to dispose of the ring where it was created by Sauron: When Bilbo was ninety-nine he adopted frodo as his heir, and brought him to live at Bag End; and the hopes of the Sackville-Bagginses were ... Ganda...

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... and demons, which makes it different from many other books. Bilbo Baggins now possesses the Ring of Power and it needs to be destroyed. If the evil lord Sauron retrieves the ring, all of Middle Earth will be destroyed. Frodo will have to make a long journey to be able to get rid of the ring: ... The story starts, as Bilbo Baggins' own adopted son, Frodo Baggins, will now have to set out to dispose of the ring where it was created by Sauron: When Bilbo was ninety-nine he adopted frodo as his heir, and brought him to live at Bag End; and the hopes of the Sackville-Bagginses were ... Ganda...

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... , good made up mainly of, men, dwarfs, and elves, and evil made up mainly of Goblins. All that is evil is controlled by Sauron or as Paul Kocher would call him, the "nebulous Necromancer". All those who resist Sauron, formed an alliance because they all share a common goal and that is the destruction of evil. In the first World War, often called ... the final novel, "The Return of the King." In this epic adventure Frodo, Bilbo's nephew is the protagonist who must take the ring that Bilbo found and destroy it, before Sauron, reclaims the ring and resumes the consumption of the world by ev...

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... in Middle-Earth almost mirrors the change which was taking place in Europe at the time of the publication of the book. It has been suggested that the Dark Lord Sauron and Mordor represented Hitler and Germany. The end of the war and the end of rationing symbolised a new era to many in Europe. In The Lord of the Rings' the ... many religions and cultures as the circle stands for never-ending power. In the case of the One Ring it represents the never-ending power of Sauron - the Dark Lord. The Ring is especially dangerous if Sauron gets hold of it, as it could be used to take over Middle-...

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• Grade Level: High School

... also his mental stability along the way. The power of the ring starts to take over Frodo and tries to make him succumb to the maker of the ring's power, Sauron, but because of his strong will and determination, he ends up making it into Mordor and destroying the ring and the reign of ... Sauron and his followers. "The realm of Sauron is ended!" said Gandalf. "The ringbearer has fulfilled his quest." "And as the captains gazed south to the Land of Mordor, it seemed to them that, black against the pall ... ...

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... begins when Bilbo Baggins celebrated his eleventy-first birthday afterwhich he presented his younger cousin Frodo with a ring. This ring, which turns out to be the One Ring, forged by Sauron, the dark Lord, who filled it with his own power so that he could rule over all the other rings of power crafted by the Elven-smiths. But ... Sauron lost the One Ring and even if he searched far and wide for it, it remained lost to him. Until by chance it fell into the hands of the hobbit ... ...

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... powerful "Wizard" Gandalf. They travel across "Middle Earth" fighting off many "Orcs" and "Black Riders" which are in search of the ring by the orders of the powerful evil "Wizard" Sauron. During their quest, they encounter many ambushes by the "Orcs" which they overcome and usually slay. In some of the ambushes, Frodo uses his ring to become invisible to escape ... ...

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... and tells him the nature and history of the ring. Frodo learns that his ring is actually the greatest of the rings of power, and was made long ago by Sauron the dark Lord of Mordor, who is now eagerly searching for it. Frodo decides that it is his duty to destroy the ring, which could only be done in one ... ...

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... freedom. The purpose of the Ring is to destroy, through treachery and dishonesty, anything good in the world. Its very existence, because it contains the evil will of its creator, Sauron, has the power to tempt, corrupt, and, in doing so, destroy. Another way in which the evil nature of the Ring can be depicted is in the way it has ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School