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. ... The Lord of the Rings' also shows the coming together of all races; Dwarves, Elves, Hobbits and Men. ... In the case of the One Ring it represents the never-ending power of Sauron - the Dark Lord. ...

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He was also armed with a powerful 1 sword made by elvish magic and the Ring of Power that enabled him to make himself invisible. ... "I," said the huge beast, "am Grograman the Lion, Lord of the Desert of Colours"" (Ende 223). ...

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The Silmarillion and Judeo-Christian Themes Tolkien disliked topical and allegorical readings of his mythology. Although he did acknowledge that writing myth and fairytale required a certain amount of allegorical language, he said that many of his readers confuse "applicability" with "allegory." The difference, he writes, is that "the one resides in the freedom of the reader and the other in the purposed domination of the author." Tolkien was therefore well aware of the varied interpretations and understandings his audience would draw from his mythology. Therefore, his use of Norse, Dru...

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