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1. Wise Men in Times of Woe : Wizards as representations of human interaction with the natural world in The Lord of the Rings
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionenAbstract : The fictive world created by Oxford Professor J. R. R. Tolkien is intimately linked with his own views of the world. READ MORE
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2. CALL TO ADVENTURE: A comparison between the outsets of Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins in J R R Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturerAbstract : The purpose of this thesis is to explore and analyse two specific events in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth mythology, namely the departures from Hobbiton of the two hobbits Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins. READ MORE
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3. Gandalf : Thinker, Teacher, Mentor, Grouch
University essay from HLK, ÄmnesforskningAbstract : The Lord of the Rings is one of the most read novels throughout history. Its popularity is huge and it has a fan-base matched only by that of Star Trek and Star Wars. It is believed that its popularity is due to its applicability and its many interesting characters – which all have different personalities and appeal to different people. READ MORE
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4. Prototypes of Consumer Goods in Transition Societies
University essay from Institutionen för humanioraAbstract : The aim of this study was to find a connection between changes in societies and changes in semantic prototypes by examining the prototypes of ‘fruit’ and ‘car’ among Slovenes that reached adulthood in Yugoslavia and Slovenes that that reached adulthood in the Republic of Slovenia and to compare those results with a control group of native English speakers. The results of the study suggests that in some aspects, the prototypes of ‘fruit’ and ‘car’ amongyounger Slovenes have moved closer to what they are in cultures that have a long history of capitalism and consumerism. READ MORE
