In his novel The Lord of the Rings' ( The Fellowship of the Ring', The Two Towers' and The Return of the King'), J. ... The Lord of the Rings' began as a sequel to The Hobbit' (which has since become a mere introduction to J. ... During The Lord of the Rings' Middle-Earth is changing. ... Rings and circles are used in many religions and cultures as the circle stands for never-ending power. In the case of the One Ring it represents the never-ending power of Sauron - the Dark Lord. ...

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The Lord of the Rings trilogy is speckled with gripping passages like these that give a form of fantastic entertainment to those who read them. ... In the Lord of the Rings, we see Frodo numerous times fight within himself whether he is most fit to carry the responsibility of the ring instead of fighting the enemy of the ring and accomplishing his journey. ... The Lord of the Rings can reveal the saving power of courage and simplicity of heart. ... Although this is not a similar allegorical theme as the one described for the Lord of the Rings, it serves the same purpose in that both tales b...

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Tolkien's Archetypal Hero(s) When J.R.R Tolkien published the first book in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy, in 1954 he broke ground and paved the way for fantasy all the way to the twenty-first century -- a century that still holds Tolkien's works on a glorious pedestal that stands far and above those in his shadow. ... The essence of Tolkien's trilogy can be found in this epitaph: Three rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne, In t...

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Al's father passed away and Yale the businesses leader assassinated his rival in a nightclub and was put behind bars leaving Jonny Torrio to step up and take the role as the new boss and bringing Al back into the business ending his honest way of making money in 1920. ... During Al Capone's reign as Chicago's crime lord he made about 60 million annually or in our day and age about 1000 dollars a minute. ... Capone was always known for looking good in public, always wearing fedora's colorful suits, and his eleven point five carat diamond ring. ... And if you learned anythin...

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Lord of the Rings" and Harry Potter" movies also offer villains who have magical powers and try to overpower innocent children. These fantasies and others such as The Never Ending Story" or Jack Nicholson as the bad guy in Batman" are alway favorites. ... Perhaps in the last few years people have had too much of reality and prefer wicked wizards and science fiction villains, which might partly explain the success of Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, the Matrix and Star Wars. ...

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./ My heart beats thicker than a feverous pulse,/ And all my powers do their bestowing lose,/ Like vassalage encout"ring/ The eye of majesty." ... "(4.5.39-41) In these lines, Troilus implies that their encounter was awaited and that it is a cheap and quick ending when he uses words like "buy" and "sell". ... Cressida, is Troilus's sexual conquest, and when Cressida is being given over to the Greeks he remarks, "At the port, lord, I""ll give her to thy hand,/ And by the way possess thee what she is"" (4.4.111-112). ...

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