Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring

Direct Quote: “He wanted it because it was a ring of power, and if you slipped that ring on your finger, you were invisible; only in the full sunlight could you be seen, and then only by your shadow, and that would be shaky and faint.” (p.76)

It would possess him" (70). After having said this, he tells Frodo how this ring of doom originated. Clearly, Gandalf is wise enough to know that behind all that power lies weakness and evil. Even if one might first use the ring for something good and meaningful to others, it will eventually possess that person and make that person the slave to the ring. Galadriel even knows this quite well. Frodo offers her the ring, since he believes she deserves it the most and also knows how to control it. When Frodo tells her this, Galadriel seems to be strongly tempted to take the power offered by Frodo. She tells him, "For many long years I had pondered what I might do, should the Great Ring come into my hands, and behold!" (431). The exclamation point reveals to us how Galadriel might be really taken in by the thought of power at this moment and how raptured she is in this thought. But, she too is wise as Gandalf is. In the end, she even tells Frodo, "We will not speak more of it" (431). She knows that even speaking about such power can bring about destruction. Interestingly though, Galadriel seems to be almost crazy at this moment, presenting herself to Frodo while relating to him what "good" she could bring to her elves. The ring is so alluring. Too much of a good thing cannot last long. She is

Even Bilbo, the protagonist of The Hobbit, experiences some personality changes due to the ring. The ring stands for the sin in the world. Many types of sin lure people constantly throughout life: coveting, hating, and lying are some of these. If one succumbs to sin, one will experience spiritual changes right away, then mental changes, then possibly physical changes.

In observing congruencies between The Lord of the Rings and Christian thought, Colin Gunton notes, "Evil is an essentially alien power which corrupts and destroys the work of God, and so has to be destroyed" (Gunton 128). This critic believes that God is present in some form in The Lord of the Rings, and that evil in the story is a force against God. He is saying that where there is evil, there is also God, and that in The Lord of the Rings, evil is a power against God that God must eradicate. Because there is evil, and a demigod, Sauron, representative of it, there must be an opposition for the side of good, and this entity must eradicate the evil.

Sauron is controlling Gollum to try and take possession of the ring, therefore he is to be around Frodo so that he can take the ring. There is a good and bad side to Gollum, one side wants to be friends with Frodo and the other side wants to take the ring and be the holder of the ring and gain the power he used to have. The light and dark in Star wars. The light side is the Jedi and the dark side is the Sith. Although the Jedi at times can do bad things, but the Sith are more into killing innocence and holding slaves.

Evil. This portrayal represents the battle Gollum has between his good and evil self. Moments we see Gollum battling through the decision whether or not to take the ring from Frodo. We see a more darker side of him speaking to take “precious” back. “ Kill them both! And then we take the precious… And we be the master!” States Gollum. (Jackson, LOTR) The way he is consumed over the ring brings his evil self out. Gollum has to chose in the end what he wants more, the ring or being loyal to master. Other than portraying his evil self, we also see Gollum being true Smeagol, helping and showing the destination to Mordor. Smeagol once being a hobbit knows that the ring is very dangerous and can change personalities. When he comes to his senses he try's to do the good part in telling Gollum to get out of his head. “Leave now, and never come back!” ( Jackson, LOTR) Smeagol showed his strength to overcome the temptation to take the ring back for

The ring was known to corrupt the mind of its wearers making them extremely attached to the ring, such as Smeagol/Gollum. Initially the ring has no power over Frodo but throughout the trilogy the ring begins to possess Frodo’s mind and he becomes possessive and attached to the ring. This creates a problem towards the end when he is faced with destroying the ring and can not bring himself to do it. Frodo Baggins can be considered a failed hero due to the fact that at the moment of achieving the quest he abandons it and caves into the powers of the ring. This makes Frodo appealing because he is a relatable character and has to face everyday challenges like the average

This ring not only symbolizes the outcome of conflict in the story, but also shows the turmoil and mayhem that came with

Gollum, previously known as Smeagol, is one of the first bearers of the ring of power, and when he comes into the ring’s presence for the first time, the power makes him so corrupt that to get his hands on it he kills his friend Deagol. “‘ Smeagol had been watching him from behind a tree, and as Deagol gloated over the ring, Smeagol came softly up behind. “Give us that, Deagol, my love,” said Smeagol, over his friend’s shoulder. “Why?” said Deagol. “ Because it’s my birthday, my love, and I wants it,” said Smeagol. “I don’t care,” said Deagol. “I have given you a present already, more than I could afford. I found this, and I’m going to keep it.” “Oh, are you indeed, my love,” said Smeagol; and he caught Deagol by the throat and strangled him, because the gold looked so bright and beautiful. Then he put the ring on his finger’” (Tolkein Pg. 52). This text shows that Gollum, or Smeagol, is corrupt due to the rings power only by being around it. The need for the ring was so great that it pushed him to kill, a devastating act on its own, but he kills his own friend. This proves that with the power of the ring Gollum becomes immensely corrupt. After Gollum first obtains the ring he grows to feel a great hatred

Throughout the story line of The Hobbit, Tolkien links his fantasy world of middle earth with the reader's world. He uses his imagination to draw his reader into middle earth and allows them to glimpse his view of the evil that he witnessed living and serving in the time of WWI. Tolkien does this to show that not all technological advancements are for the common good.

"Three Rings for the Eleven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his Dark throne, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One ring to find them, One ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie(Tolkien)." Master of storytelling J.R.R. Tolkien continues the lives of the fictitious creatures that he introduced in The Hobbit, in his modern classic The Fellowship of the Ring. He artfully illustrates the truths of the evil that plague the hearts of man. He tells a story of greed, destruction and how mortal men are enslaved by

Some never come to be, unless those that he hold that visions turn aside from their paths to prevent them. Sam is deeply unsettled. Frodo looks in the Mirror and sees someone approaching all in white, it looks like Gandalf, but how can it be/ Frodo also sees Bilbo walking restlessly. He sees a dark ship and a white fortress with seven towers and then he sees a single eye that fills the whole mirror. The eye is looking everywhere for Frodo. It is the eye of Sauron. Galadriel stops him before the weight of the Ring around his neck pulls him into the water. She knows that he sees Sauron, because sees him, too. Sauron would like to gain access to Galadriel’s mind because she carries an elvish ring of Power, Nenya, and the Ring of Adamant. Galadriel tells Frodo that his coming puts the Elves in a dilemma. If Frodo fails in his quest, Sauron will take over the world and destroy everything, even Lothlorien. If he succeeds, the power of the Three Rings of the Elves will fade, and Lothlorien will die; the Elves will pass into the west, and her people will forgotten in Middle earth. The elves are willing to accept that fate if it means that they will be free of Sauron. Frodo offers Galadriel the ring, since she is wise and fearless and “it is too great a matter for him”. Galadriel admits that she has often thought what she would do with the Ruling Ring, but she refuses. She would

Tolkien creates the ring as the epitome of evilness to give it a mind of its own. With this symbolism, the ring is able to maneuver itself and corrupt whom it pleases. It takes on the evilness of the beholder and enhances their evil thoughts to the point in which evilness is the only thought that consumes them. As described by another hobbit, Frodo, the ring has “an unwholesome power that sets to work on its keeper at once.” In Sméagol’s instance, the ring is able to take a strong hold of his soul with just a look at “the bright and beautiful” gold that it entails. Such evilness is personified by Tolkien because Tolkien sees it as something that takes action, not something that is acted upon. The power that the ring possesses eats away at him until he is an entire different creature. The ring destroys Sméagol and creates Gollum, an outcast and a murderer. The theme of temptation displayed by Tolkien coincides with the temptation that evilness

A ring is, in and of itself, a frivolous object; it serves no practical purpose and its only functions are symbolic and aesthetic. They are thus also a symbol of the wealth and power of the owner; a demonstration that they have so much money they can afford to

Both of the evil characters, Sauron being the one in "The Lord of the Rings", are hungry for power. They both need to gain back what they lost in order to restore the power they crave. There is a kind of mystery kept around the main antagonists in both "Harry Potter" and "The Lord of the Rings". We can see that the main similarities in the two novels lie within the main characters.