- •6.1 Study sample analysis of the conflict between good and evil and answer the questions.
- •6.2 Read the analytical essay by Greg Harvey and get ready to answer the questions.
- •1.2 Answer the questions.
- •Contents
- •Seminar 5 literary terms
- •Key literary technique
- •About the author
- •Key facts
- •Themes, motifs, and symbols
- •Symbols
- •Implied meanings
- •Analysis of major characters
- •Study questions Study Question 1
- •Study Question 2
- •Analysis of the conflict between good and evil in the trilogy
- •Examining the battle of good vs. Evil in tolkien's middle-earth by Greg Harvey
- •References
- •Internet Resources
- •Seminar 6 the return of the king (BookVi) Book VI, Chapter 2 The Land of Shadow (shortened)
- •Chapter 2 Summary
- •Analysis
- •Book VI, Chapter 3 Mount Doom (shortened)
- •Chapter 3 Summary
- •Analysis
- •Book VI, Chapter 4 The Field of Cormallen (shortened)
- •Chapter 4 Summary
- •Analysis
- •Important quotations explained
- •Explanation for Quotation 1
- •Explanation for Quotation 2
- •Faith and fantasy: tolkien the catholic, the lord of the rings, and peter jackson’s film trilogy Steven d. Greydanus
- •Creation and corruption in Middle-earth
- •"The Shadow mocks, it cannot make"
- •"Something else at work"
- •Frodo, Gandalf, Aragorn: Priest, prophet, king
- •Suggestions for further reading
Suggestions for further reading
Chance, Jane. The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power. New York: Maxwell Macmillan International, 1992.
Haber, Karen, ed. Meditations on Middle-earth. New York: St. Martin’s, 2001.
The Official Lord of the Rings Web Site. http://www.lordoftherings.net. Downloaded August 2004.
Sibley, Brian. The Making the Movie Trilogy (The Lord of the Rings). Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2002.
Smith, Mark Eddy. Tolkien’s Ordinary Virtues: Exploring the Spiritual Themes of The Lord of the Rings. Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2002.
Stanton, Michael N. Hobbits, Elves, and Wizards: Exploring the Wonders and Worlds of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. New York: Palgrave, 2001.
Strachey, Barbara. Journey’s of Frodo: An Atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings. New York: Ballantine Books, 1981.
Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, or, There and Back Again. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1997.
———. The Lord of the Rings. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1993.
———. The Silmarillion. Edited by Christopher Tolkien. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1977.
Internet resources:
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit