The allusion is also extended beyond just the creator. ... They are defined as "Holy Ones" and the allusion is completed with the fall of Melkor for coveting power beyond his allotment. ... Therefore, by introducing the story of "Beren and Luthien" with a Judas allusion, Tolkien suggests the importance of prophecy and fate to the tale. ... In The Silmarillion men are described as awakening in Hildorien, which is in the easternmost lands of Middle-earth. ... Furthermore, when Man eats from the forbidden fruit it is written that "the eyes of both of them were opened," suggesting a sort of a...

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He leaves the world of innocence to enter with his father the world of sin; the allusions to the smell (p.162) inaugurates this passage. ... The boy's anxiety is created by his awakening sense of his own individuality and we find that torn between strong emotional attachment to his father and his growing, he needs to assert himself; actually, Sarty' s crisis is a psychological one. ... He feels relieved because he has destroyed the overwhelming image that threatened his awakening identity and at last, fear and terror are gone. ...

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• Grade Level: High School