Lord Of The Rings Symbolism Essay

"The Lord of the Rings" is a high-fantasy novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien. The story was about a dark evil Sauron who created One Ring to rule the others. All those things are happening in the Middle-Earth. The main heroes of the film are four brave hobbits from Shire and other members of Fellowship of The Ring. The Fellowship is created to save the Middle- Earth. Tolkien was a Christian and he highly valued his religion. He has written a novel, which is interesting fantasy about evil, good, and apocalypse. However, something more we find in his novel when we look deeper. In the novel written by J. R. R Tolkien, we see author's Christian view on world and symbols of Christianity represented by characters, locations, and details.

(Fish, 1980) In other words, act of recognition is the aspect that gives meaning to the text but not the form of it. When we interpret "The Lord of the Rings" as novel written by Christian, we identify his Christian view on the world. Some specific aspects of the novel are guides for us. The way that good and evil are represented is one of those aspects. Evil is the good that lost his soul. Elrond, head of the elves, says. "Nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so ''. (IMSDb, 2009)This kind of approach to any kind of evil we can see in the Bible. According to the Bible good is always there, while bad is the lost good. In the novel, we see an evil that is hunger to possess and to rule others. In the Bible, we see Satan wishing to devour all the time. Moreover, Tolkien presents the concept of free choices. Elrond gives Frodo the chance to chose take the ring to the Mountain or not. We also see Gandalf, offering kings of Middle-Earth to cooperate with each other for defeating evil. However, kings are

The symbols, descriptions, countries that characters live, places that they pass by are fragments that make this story more complete and appealing. The role of the symbols is very essential in finding the real concept of the novel. The word that Goffman will suggest us is the "setting''. He says. "The term ''setting'' refers to the items of expressive equipments. As a part of setting, we may include insignia of office or rank, clothing, sex, age and racial characteristic, bodily gestures and the like''. (Goffman, 1959) Thus, the term ''setting'' refers to equipments, backstage, and signs, which are as essential for performance as front, manners, and appearances. By creating many symbols, Tolkien has shown the unique attributes of Christianity. In the whole novel, we read about dark and light which symbolize the good and evil. Christianity also admits this kind of approach to the darkness and brightness. As it is mentioned previously the '' hunger'' of Sauron and the ''devouring'' of Satan are consistent to each other. This ideology we also can notice through the ''The Great Eye'' in the novel and '' Roaring Lion" in the Bible. The Great Eye of Sauron is always ''hungry'' to rule and to posses others. In the Bible Satan described as a roaring lion that always want to ''devour'' others. In novel, we read about the happy and joyful dinners