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Lord of the Ring The Two Towers

Follow the epic journey in Book 3 as Boromir dies, Ents awaken, Gandalf returns, Rohan faces Helm's Deep, and Saruman falls. New characters like Treebeard and Eowyn, with monsters and objects adding depth to the plot. Explore the four-dimensional world of Ents and the themes of heroic actions, courtesy, choices, and legends.

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Lord of the Ring The Two Towers

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  1. Lord of the RingThe Two Towers BOOK 3

  2. The Two Towers – Book 3Plot Summary • Death of Boromir • Ents • Return of Gandalf • Rohan / Helm’s Deep • Fall of Saruman

  3. The Two Towers – Book 3Plot Structure • Chap 1-2 • Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Eomer • Chap 3-4 • Merry, Pippin, orcs • Chap 5-7 • Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Eomer, Gandalf, Theoden • Chap 8-11 • Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Gandalf, Theoden, Merry, Pippin

  4. The Two Towers – Book 3New Characters Treebeard Theoden Elmer, Eowyn Saruman Wormtongue

  5. The Two Towers – Book 3Monsters and other Creatures • Ents • Huorns • Orcs

  6. The Two Towers – Book 3Important Objects • Broach dropped by Pippin • Palantir

  7. The Two Towers – Book 3Four-dimensional world of Ents • Ents see world in terms of its history, make us aware of importance of past events to present • Quote re/ hill • Ents slow like growth of trees • Quote re/ hasty • Ents are dying race, no Entwives • Ents are like MacBeth’s Byrnam wood moving as real it were real

  8. The Two Towers – Book 3Settings Spring -- rebirth • Boromir redeemed in death • Rousing of the Ents • Theoden comes forth to war • Gandalf comes back Places which become involved again • Fangorn • Rohin

  9. Rohan Horseback riders Honor heroic actions and/or death Fangorn Last March of the Ents Slow to anger then deadly The Two Towers – Book 3New Worlds

  10. The Two Towers – Book 3Themes • Coming back to life, Legends • Gandalf, Theoden, Ents • Heroic ideal, going down fighting • Theoden, Last march of the Ents • Power of Laughter • Courtesy/discourtesy, hospitality • Wormtongue discourteous, Saruman falsely • Ents hospitable • Choices • Boromir, Theoden, Saruman, Wormtongue

  11. The Two Towers – Book 3Parallels • Saruman held Gandalf prisoner, now Gandalf holds Saruman prisoner

  12. The Two Towers – Book 3Motifs • Songs in Rohan • Elegies or Heroic poems • Songs of Memory • Glory as antidote to death

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