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11-24-2004, 01:38 AM
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Elven Warrior
Join Date: Nov 2004
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Themes of the Lord of the Rings
I wanted to make this thread to discuss the themes in the Lord of the Rings, mainly the Christian themes because Tolkien was Catholic and added so many Christian themes to his saga. I mainly made this because I'll be writing an essay on the themes of the books so it would be cool to see everyone's opinions of the themes and find the themes that some people found that others didn't.
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11-24-2004, 04:24 AM
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Elf Lord
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Hello and welcome.
Here are my (atheist) themes: Sacrifice: someone has to lose it to save it for others Fraternal love: Sam and Frodo's relationship Nobility: Aragorn Feudalism: everyone knowing their place in society Anti-technology: Saruman The power of Nature: Old Forest, Bombadil, Treebeard |
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11-24-2004, 04:05 PM
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Swan-Knight of Dol Amroth
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There are also the themes of 1) no evil is inevitable if people of good will strive with all their hearts to defeat it, and 2) the magic and holiness of Nature, though the Gaffer touched on it.
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11-24-2004, 04:09 PM
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Take it easy guys... don't write Manveru's paper FOR him/her!!
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11-24-2004, 05:41 PM
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Elf Lord
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OK, Val, but he could go to Barnes and NObles and get a copy of The Lord OF the Rings: One Book to Rule Them All from the philosophy section and read that for research too. Now that would be research! Of course, here he runs the risks of Olmer, BoP, Inked, Nuvingiel, etc, etc. Which is worse?
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11-24-2004, 07:21 PM
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Hey, what did I do?
 (I'm honoured to be included in your list though Inked. )If we offer our opinions, we could help Manveru think of a good them, nothin wrong with that. Don't forget though, that we could be *cough* wrong, so I suggest ultimately basing your paper on your own thoughts of the book. Let's see... though I am Christian, I didn't find any Christian themes in the book. (Okay, I could find some if I tried, but that wasn't the significant message for me.) I agree with a lot of what others have said. The main theme to me is that no one is who he appears. Especially Frodo, Sam, Gandalf, Merry, Pippin, and Éowyn.
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