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E270 Chris Barkley LOTR bk 2 from Fellowship of the Ring

E270 Chris Barkley LOTR bk 2 from Fellowship of the Ring. BOOK 2 Focus on how T uses symbolism, setting, dead or dying worlds, winter time period – contrast bk3 Declining world (Balrog from Melkor’s time) See how many you can name Golden Age

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E270 Chris Barkley LOTR bk 2 from Fellowship of the Ring

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  1. E270 Chris BarkleyLOTR bk 2 from Fellowship of the Ring BOOK 2 Focus on how T uses symbolism, setting, dead or dying worlds, winter time period – contrast bk3 Declining world (Balrog from Melkor’s time) See how many you can name Golden Age Explore time and space, deeper sense of history, to today

  2. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Plot Summary • Travel thru ruins /dying world of elf, dwarf, man • Council of Elrond • Formation of fellowship, Frodo choosess • Caradhras evil not all Sauron • Moria (Watcher, Troll, Balrog) like Knife • Lothlorien Wonder, recovery • Breaking of the Fellowship • Frodo chooses to take ring

  3. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2New Characters Elrond not just host, leader, ids quest Boromir contrast to Aragorn, modern Gimli, Legolas, animosity to friend Galadriel, Celeborn 1st of T’s awe-inspiring women competent, powerful

  4. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Monsters Caradhras no connection to Sauron Watcher in the Water fingers Troll toeless foot Balrog dialectic, shadow/flame Gollum new info—out looking for Ring, saw Sauron, captured/escaped, sets up books 4 and 6

  5. Aragorn Represents Kingdom of North Sword as heirloom Begins book with sword broken Sword symbol of fighter Reliable, responsible Will go where Gandalf leads Humble, keeps North safe from fear of death DON’T HAVE TO KNOW HE IS THERE Boromir Represents Kingdom of South Horn as heirloom Begins book with horn in tact Horn a symbol for a hunter Brash, inflexible Afraid of unexpected (Moria, Lorien Arrogant Brags, “Bulwark of the West” Takes Quest from Faramir Interrups Elrond at Council Vote must be 8 to 1 Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Comparison of Characters

  6. Boromir Desires Ring for himself Psychological fall Leads to physical fall (Bk 3) Boromir Throws rock into water in front of Moria gates, brings Monster Boromir “When heads are at a loss, bodies must serve” Saruman Desires Ring for himself Psychological fall Leads to physical fall (Bk 3) Pippin Throws rock down well, brings orcs Sam “Your legs are too short, so use your head” Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Comparison of Characters

  7. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Settings Hobbits see old kingdoms, get sense of history and destiny of all failing eventually West=good, East=bad, North=decadent, South=true heroic Winter -- Dying world • Hollin no signs • Moria dark, abandoned (orcs), deteriorating • Lorien fading and timeless world • Argonath Amon Hen Ancient reminder of kings Timeless • Rivendell • Lorien

  8. Rivendell Place of healing Rest Frodo’s wound Past is learned Juxtaposed young/old Songs of the past Memory/celebration of times past Lorien Place of healing Grief over Gandalf’s death Future is learned G’s mirror, not trustworthy Juxtaposed views of tree Song re/Gandalf Memory/grief Past times live on in Lorien Frodo still among elanor and niphrendil Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Timeless worlds

  9. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Themes • Declining World • Choices PERSONAL MORAL (not good/evil) • Frodo’s • Gandalf’s (FACE BALROG) • Boromir’s (WANTS RING FOR GOOD REASON • BUT IT WOULD RESULT IN EVIL • SARUMAN ALSO BASED ON DISTRUST/WEAK • Visions, predictability WONDER, LOTHLORIEN • Boromir’s message • Mirror of Galadriel • Frodo on Amon Hen

  10. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Parallels ACTIONS/EVENTS • Begins and ends with question of what to do with the Ring? Who will take it? • Begins with Frodo’s choice to take Ring / Ends with Frodo’s choice to take Ring • Begins with forming of Fellowship, ends with breaking of Fellowship • Killing of horses at the end of Bk 1, killing of the winged creature at the end of Bk 2 • Boromir blows horn to start out, blows horn again to summon aid at the end

  11. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Parallels BETWEEN CHAR / WORLDS • Psychological falls of Saruman and Boromir • TEMPTATION OF THE RING • Deaths of Gandalf and Boromir (Bk 3) • Hollin abandoned by elves, Moria by dwarves • Rivendell and Lorien doomed worlds DECLINING • South decadent, North true heroic world • Winter world vs. Spring world in Book 3

  12. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Motifs • Gifts • Bilbo’s gifts to Frodo • Mithril (IMPORTANT IN MORIA, CIRITH UNGOL, GATES MORDOR) • Sting, Frodo to withdraw it from wood, USE ON TROLL, THREATEN GOLLUM, EVENTUALLY FORESWEAR VIOLENCE • Galadriel’s gifts • Phial to Frodo • Ties Frodo to Beren, Feanor, Silmarils, Two Trees INTERCONNECTION OF ALL STORIES/TIMES, ALL PLACES/THE ENTIRE WORLD • Gandalf’s description of Frodo “like a glass filled with clear light” • Soil to Sam • Elfstone and scabbard to Aragorn • HAIR TO GIMLI

  13. Fellowship of the Ring – Book 1Songs Hobbits • Bilbo “Earendil” ABOUT ELROND’S FATHER, SILMARIL • “I sit beside the fire and think” • Frodo/Sam “When evening in the Shire” Elves • Elbereth in elvish • Mithrandir • “I sang of leaves” • “Ai! Laurie lantar lassi surinen!” T READS IN ELVISH ON WEB PAGE BB Aragorn “All that is gold” WARNING NO TO BE FOOLED BY APPEARANCES Boromir “Seek for the Sword” CRYPTIC MESSAGE / PREDICTION Gimli “The World was young” Legolas“Nimrodel”

  14. Quenta DIALECT Spoken in Valinor MADE UP VOCAB CHANGES Derived using Latin rules Sample: the constellation Orion menel makar heaven’s sword COMMON SPEECH HOBBITS / MEN Sindarin Spoken in MiddleEarth Derived using Welsh rules Orion means heaven’s sword menel vagor heaven’s sword ROHAN OLDER ENGLISH Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2Elvish

  15. WE HAVE NOW FINISHED DISCUSSING BOOK 2 AND BROUGHT THE FELLOWSHIP TO AMON HEN AND THE BREAKING OF THE FELLOWSHIP AGAIN, YOU SHOULD BE KEEPING TRACK OF REPEATED MOTIFS TO DISCUSS HOW THEY WORK THROUGHOUT LOTR AFTER OUR DISCUSSION ON BOOK 6 JOIN US NEXT TIME AS TOLKIEN COMPLICATES THE PLOT THROUGH THE USE OF MULTIPLE NARRATIVES IN BOOK 3 FROM THE TWO TOWERS WHICH FOLLOWS ARAGORN, GIMLI AND LEGOLAS AS THEY SET OUT TO RESCUE MERRY AND PIPPIN FROM THE ORCS AND RUN INTO NEW ALLIES ON THE WAY LORD of the Rings – Book 3from The Two Towers

  16. TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEB PAGES FOR MY INTERPRETATION OF INDIVIDUAL IMPORTANT QUOTES FROM BOOK 2, ESPECIALLY FROM THE COUNCIL OF ELROND, INVOLVING IMPORTANT ACTIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS (THE MONSTERS IN PARTICULAR AND ALSO THE WONDER OF LOTHLORIEN) YOU COULD WRITE A PAPER ON TOLKIEN’S BELIEF IN THE NECESSITY FOR RECOVERY AND HOW HE ILLUSTRATES THIS THROUGH HIS DESCRIPTIONS OF LOTHLORIEN Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2QUOTES

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