Themes Of The Lord Of The Rings
Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he "disliked allegory in all its forms" (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphor for World War II to remember that he had lost "all but one" of his close friends in World War I.
Read more about Themes Of The Lord Of The Rings: Antitheses, Power and Temptation, Addiction, Technophobia, Courage, Death and Immortality, Fate and Free Will, Loss and Farewell, Christ Figures, References
Famous quotes containing the words themes, lord and/or rings:
“I suppose you think that persons who are as old as your father and myself are always thinking about very grave things, but I know that we are meditating the same old themes that we did when we were ten years old, only we go more gravely about it.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“...I am the LORD who heals you.””
—Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 15:26.
“We will have rings and things, and fine array,
And kiss me, Kate, we will be married o’ Sunday.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)