Drizzt Do’ Urden, a Drow (a dark elf) was born in the underworld city of Menzoberranzan. Drizzt learned at an early age the ways of his evil race. The daily life of a dark elf is full of intrigue and deceit. He learned that compassion was a weakness and love did not exist. At least not the love or affection surface dwellers might show towards one another. The only love a Drow showed was towards power, or to their evil deity the sinister Spider Queen Lolth. Her pawns would do well to worship
and became my companions. I take a book with me when I travel so if I know no person at my destination I always have a friend with whom old times are shareable. Family without friends never provided me with enough company. Taking a walk with the dark elf Drizzt through the shadowed halls of his city Menzobaeren inspired confidence in me even in the solitude of a Hawaiian vacation. Calling reading just a hobby then does it injustice. Adventure fits it more appropriately. Books sweep me into the depths
Rings became my favorite series that I continue to enjoy today. One of the major reasons I enjoy the Lord of the Rings trilogy is because of the storyline. The story is about a small hobbit, who has never left home before and his adventure to the dark world of Mordor in attempt to destroy the One Ring that was given to him. All the while, there is a major
This novel cannot be easily summarized; it is a trilogy composed of 1031 pages, not including the numerous appendices, maps, and the index. This fantasy is one of the most detailed in existence with various other works. The Lord of The Rings is the tale of a courageous journey taken on by an unlikely fellowship and focused around one unexpected and tragic hero. This tragic hero is Frodo Baggins, a hobbit who has lived in paradise his entire life. The pleasant, laid-back life of Frodo abruptly comes
Great Books and Film Final Paper The Lord of the Rings trilogy and the Harry Potter saga both have similar objectives and end goals. One man must journey to destroy an item and defeat the villain; in Lord of the Rings the villain is Sauron, while in Harry Potter the villain is Voldemort. While on the journey, the characters find items or come to places that have symbolic effects. This is true for both Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter. These symbols are often used to further character development
“Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.” once said Morgan Peck, an American psychologist. This quote demonstrated how differentiating qualities were significant to life. The Lord of the Rings trilogy followed the deep history of Middle-Earth. In the narrative The Hobbit, it followed around a group on a quest to reclaim the treasure of Smaug. There are many important components of this story which include its plot, themes, or setting. An enormous chunk of the story implicates around the
From the Press to the Big Screen Recently, Peter Jackson has transformed the light-hearted novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien into a breathtaking trilogy. Primarily intended for children, the novel which is a mere 288 pages is now three movies that amount to over ten hours of film. Although keeping the same setting and plot of reclaiming the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, the movies differentiate themselves from the book when it comes to the additions in characters and main events. By adding
must overcome evil that is derived from internal forces. These evils include resisting the Ring and battling his own self-doubt. Frodo eventually realizes that he too can become a monster under the power of the Ring. This “Master Ring” belongs to the Dark Lord Sauron and it is a force that can easily corrupt those who possess it. The inscription on the Ring reads: “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them” (Tolkien 49). These two lines
he Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring is a fantasy novel set in an entirely different time period and in an extraordinarily different world. This story is part of a trilogy that transitions seamlessly into the ending of the prequel book, “The Hobbit.” At the end of “The Hobbit,” Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit, a hobbit is a half-sized human, comes home from an adventure and during his journey, he manages to obtain a magical ring. This ring is magical because when you happen to wear it, you turn
well-rounded in Peter Jackson’s ultimate triumph, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers. Based on the Lord of the Rings book trilogy written by J.R.R. Tolkien, the award-winning 2002 film represents the second installment in the world-renowned saga. Continuing from The Fellowship of the Ring, Aragorn, a great warrior, (Viggo Mortensen) along with his companions Legolas, an elf, (Orlando Bloom) Gimli, a dwarf, (John Rhys-Davies) and Gandalf, a wizard, (Ian McKellen) aides the neighboring King Theoden
directed by Peter Jackson. The film is an adaptation of a volume of the same name by J.R.R. Tolkien published in 1954. This is the first film of Peter Jackson’s trilogy that adapted J.R.R. Tolkien’s entire Lord of the Rings series into screenplay. The Fellowship of the Ring takes place in the Second Age in the fantasy world of Middle Earth, after Dark Lord Sauron forged multiple corrupting rings as gifts to the rulers of Middle Earth. The central focus of the film, the One Ring, was forged by Sauron in
At first glance, 500 Days of Summer and Scott Pilgrim vs. The World may seem like two completely different films. However, once could also say that these films are very similar. The title 500 Days of Summer is significant because the title uses the word summer as a name, not the season. The nonlinear story is told by showing Tom Hansen’s 500 days that he had known Summer, the girl of his dreams. The title Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is significant to the story. In order for Scott to date the girl
Femme Fatales of English Literature The femme fatale, a seductive woman who entices men into perilous and compromising positions by way of charisma and mystery, is a classic, and often enthralling, character who can be found in many sources of literature and mythology of various origins and eras (“Femme Fatale” 1). “If the goddess of virtue is a lily and the vamp is an overripe red rose, the femme fatale is a Venus flytrap.” (Billinghurst 1). In the simple quote above, Ms. Jane Billinghurst
Power is something that can corrupt the noblest person. Tolkien shows readers through his Lord of the Rings trilogy that the temptation of power and succumbing to it can destroy an individual. However, he has also created characters with strong morals and sense of identity who are able to withstand the temptation of power. Galadriel is a kind and generous elf who is the Lady of Lórien. During the Company’s stay she is tempted by the Ring but decides to reject it. Galadriel shows great hospitality
surprising, hopeful turn in all man's despair and sorrow. Joy is the result, a brief glimpse springing out of the inherent evangelium of the genre.(4)This is the dominant note of, and even the apology for, fairy-tales. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings trilogy is set in a pre-Christian world. Hence it cannot adopt an explicit Christianity. Nonetheless it can, and does, shadow Christianity just as the Old Testament pre-shadowed the New, although admittedly Tolkien's is a post-view set as a pre-view. The
paper. I was really hoping for Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy to come out in time to be used as the film for analysis, but to my disappointment, it opened in theaters the day this paper was due. So, I chose to write instead on The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The films, though not really about our freedom to choose, inspired me to look into the topic of whether it is in our nature to willingly choose the path of evil to gain personal fulfillment. Our motives are not as clear cut as the archetypes portraying