Fellowship Of The Ring Corruption Research Paper

Corruption, having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money, wealth, or personal gain. In modern society corruption can be seen across the globe, whether it be a respected politician or a wealthy business owner, corruption is everywhere. Corruption mainly occurs because of lust for power or lust to maintain complete control of a certain object or an organization. Corruption is the main theme in many famous books of literature such as, "The Fellowship of the Ring" written by J.R.R Tolkien in 1954. The theme power corrupts is reflected in The Fellowship of the Rings through the ring's ability to corrupt the wearer and cause them to murder innocent people to maintain the power created by the ring. In the novel, "The Fellowship of the Ring" written by J.R.R Tolkien, the main article

Lord Sauron was a powerful ruler of the dark army and created the ring with the help of the foolish elves to create the One Ring that would rule over the Rings created by the elves. Sauron did this to have complete control of the world because the One Ring gave the wearer unimaginable power and because Sauron was evil and was hiding his true motives for creating the ring, the world wouldn't be able to stop him. After creating the Ring, Sauron chanted an elvish incantation to give the ring its power. Gandalf the Gray, re-tells the story of this to Frodo before reaching the elvish castle, "For in the day that Sauron flirt put on the One, Celebrimor, maker of the Three, was aware of him, and from afar he heard him speak these words,many so his evil purposes were revealed." (Tolkien, 1954, p 284) Sauron hid his corrupt and misguided plan to run the shire and later the world, by simply telling everyone his rings would help bring good to the world. Ultimately, supporting the theme of corruption by showing Sauron's dark, misguided, and corrupt desires to rule the