Fellowship Of The Ring Archetypes

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The Fellowship of the Ring is a novel with many unique cultures, languages, and mythical beings that were either created by author J.R.R. Tolkien or influenced from classical mythology. Tolkien was inspired to write the novel due to his desire for it to serve as a poetic legend that he felt England lacked. Tolkien expresses despair over the loss of culture and language throughout the novel by allowing the elves to represent culture, disappearing from the Middle Earth, like it was from his world. Additionally, Tolkien ponders the struggle between good and evil due to his religious beliefs in Catholicism, he uses archetypes to represent each side such as the light, representing good, and the dark representing the evil. Influences from Tolkien’s …show more content…

In order to destroy the ring it is stated that,“there is only one way: to find the Cracks of Doom in the depths of Orodruin, the Fire-mountain, and cast the Ring in there. If you really wish to destroy it, to put it beyond it” (Tolkien 59). Tolkien’s religious influence is reflected throughout The Fellowship of the Ring as he delves into the repulsion between good and evil as archetypes such as fire represent malicious characters and locations in the book as the ring can only be destroyed when thrown into the fiery pits of Mount Doom. Sauron is one of the main antagonists which represents the evil during World War I. The power of the ring serves to convey the negative effects of abusing power as well as not sharing such a gift with the world as it drains others of their good when they commit follies in order to obtain the ring. Not only does Tolkien want to create an emotional parallel to his life, but he was extremely motivated to write the novel in order to create a history for London which is displayed through the complex mythical languages and cultures. Tolkien’s desire to explore the opposition of good and evil reflects his Catholic beliefs as he writes to convey the importance of morals to the readers. Another of Tolkien’s motivations to create The Fellowship of the Ring includes giving the reader insight to the lives and conflicting situations that people experienced during World War

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