Essays about: "J. R. R. Tolkien"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the words J. R. R. Tolkien.

  1. 1. We Are Very Similar, yet We Are Very Different: J.R.R Tolkien´s Éowyn of Rohan´s Vergilian Origins and Her Search for Meaning

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

    Author : Cathérina Kubresli; [2022-09-29]
    Keywords : Éowyn; Tolkien; Dido; Virgil; Aragorn; Aeneas; fate; epic society; psychology; self-recognition;

    Abstract : Abstract: Through the years, many characters in The Lord of the Rings have been analysed in different ways. Éowyn is no exception. Her character has often been associated with the shield-maidens and Valkyries existing in Nordic Germanic and Anglo-Saxon literatures. This essay, however, breaks with this tradition. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Hobbit as seen through Christian Virtue Ethics and Norse Mythology

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Karl Axel Harrysson; [2022]
    Keywords : J.R.R. Tolkien; The Hobbit; Archetypal Criticism; Greed; Pride;

    Abstract : The works of J.R.R. Tolkien have been analysed through a Christian perspective claiming Christian influences  numerous times. READ MORE

  4. 3. A Study of the Theology and Moral Structure of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Edvin Nilsson; [2022]
    Keywords : Tolkien; The Lord of the Rings; Gollum; Theology; Moral; Morality; Morals; Sméagol; J.R.R. Tolkien; Literature; Literary; Languages and Literatures;

    Abstract : Since its first publishing in 1954, The Lord of the Rings has been read by millions, and it has become the subject of many scholarly studies. However, one of its most famous characters, Gollum, has only been marginally examined. READ MORE

  5. 4. The nature of Evil in Catholicism as represented in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Sofi Hultin; [2022]
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  6. 5. “In Every Wood in Every Spring There is a Different Green” : An Independent Project in Literature on The Ecocritical Dialogue and Carnivalesque Aspects of J. R. R. Tolkien’s Legendarium

    University essay from Mittuniversitetet/Institutionen för humaniora och samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Nicholas Pappas; [2021]
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    Abstract : Tolkien’s Middle Earth is characterised by the conflict between the forces of good, often represented as guardians of nature juxtaposed to the forces of evil, marked by a voracious edacity for a nature destroying industry. In fact, the second volume of the LotR deals with Saruman’s war against nature. READ MORE