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Loyalty And Sacrifice In Tolkien's Lord Of The Rings

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Tolkien's creatively stems from describing the concept of loyalty, love ,sacrifice among characters, Frodo and Strider, Merry and Pippin. Furthermore, all of the character are involved in a friendship based on respect and sacrifice immensely. The writer attempts to illustrate a moral lesson, that loyalty, devotion and faithfulness among friends and people help them to overcome the difficulties in life. It is that unique relationships and emotional pounds that gather them to avoid the difficulties and troubles. The ability of the writer has exceeded the mere description of good and evil, moral lessons, love and sacrifice among character to the revival of myths and legends in the first part of the Lord of The Rings as Benjamin stated about myths (The wisest thing so the fairy tale taught mankind in olden times..[..]..is to meet the forces of the mythical world with cunning and with high spirt "( Illumination p102). Indeed, it is important to understand the philosophy of myths and how it motivates Tolkien's writing and artistry. Consequently, Tolkien …show more content…

One of the influential elements is his writing, is the catholic faith. For most reader, a connection between religion, myth is something impossible. Tolkien, however pointed out " that myth is truth and truth for him is Catholicism as he stated "( Carpenter 151 ). The Lord of The Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision" ( Chance p 141). His belief in Christianity illustrated through a remarkable integration of truth and mythology in his books. He believed that if the story has truth then it foreshadows the real human experience. Indeed, in his world, one can see things as they really are. When reading The Lord of The Rings, one can see the use of mythology and the reality and spiritual dimension though it is not directly

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