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Lord Of The Two Towers Archetypes Analysis

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Trial And Error
By: Mitchell and Bailey
In the movie The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers by: Peter Jackson, there are many different archetypes. Archetypes, statements and patterns of behaviour, are seen around almost every corner of the film. In the film, there are two archetypes that stand out more obviously than others. The first, Innate Wisdom vs. Educated Stupidity. While Frodo leads the way to Mordor to destroy the ring he makes several poor choices. The choices that are needed to be made are critical to get to Mordor successfully. While Frodo makes the uneducated decisions that you need to make as a leader, Sam, his best friend and gardener, saves him several times by correcting the choices of Frodo. The other archetype comes from Gollum, the outcast, banished for murder which he committed due to selfishness caused by the seduction of the ring.

In the Film The Lord Of The Rings: Two Towers, There are many Archetypes but one stood out more than the others. Sam plays an important role in the film, “Frodo wouldn’t have got far without Sam.” ~Frodo Baggins; when Frodo makes a mistake Sam is there to fix it. Frodo blindly trusts Gollum and that leads Frodo close to death multiple times. Sam always tells him …show more content…

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