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Lord of the Ring The Two Towers

Lord of the Ring The Two Towers. BOOK 4. The Two Towers – Book 4 Plot Summary. Gollum Journey – Dead Marches Ithilien, Faramir Minas Morgul Shelob Choices of Sam. The Two Towers – Book 4 New Characters. Faramir. The Two Towers – Book 4 Monsters and other Creatures. Gollum, Smeagol

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Lord of the Ring The Two Towers

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  1. Lord of the RingThe Two Towers BOOK 4

  2. The Two Towers – Book 4Plot Summary • Gollum • Journey – Dead Marches • Ithilien, Faramir • Minas Morgul • Shelob • Choices of Sam

  3. The Two Towers – Book 4New Characters Faramir

  4. The Two Towers – Book 4Monsters and other Creatures • Gollum, Smeagol • Ringwraiths • Shelob

  5. The Two Towers – Book 4Important Objects • Phial of Galadriel • Connection to other stories and to all other lights

  6. The Two Towers – Book 4Settings Wasteland • Desolate, barren, bleak landscape • Bad smell: Dead Marshes, Shelob • Jagged mountains, minimal vegetable growth • Nightmare quality, endless stairs Ithilien • demi-Eden amid wasteland

  7. Mordor The Two Towers – Book 4New Worlds

  8. The Two Towers – Book 4Themes • Mercy / Pity • Frodo’s pity for Gollum • Schizophrenia / two sided characters • Gollum/Smeagol • Parallel between Frodo and Sam • Parallel between Frodo and Gollum • Facing shadow self

  9. The Two Towers – Book 4Parallels • Three hunters in Book 3 • diversity • Sword, ax, and bow • Three travelers • similarities • Frodo, Sam, and Gollum • Hobbits • Merry and Pippin captured by Orcs, highlight of quest • Frodo and Sam captured, just part of larger quest

  10. The Two Towers – Book 4Parallels • Books 4 and 6 • Wasteland world • Little action, mostly psychological characterization • Man against nature, landscape • Books 3 and 5 • Green world • Action filled, mostly significant actions, like battles • Man against other beings

  11. The Two Towers – Book 4Parallels • Graveyards • Dead Marshes, battlefield of Last Alliance • Mounds in front of Edoras • Barrow Wights near the Old Forest • Wounds • Frodo’s second wound from Shelob • First was from Nazgul on Weathertop

  12. The Two Towers – Book 4Motifs • Triangle • Frodo, Sam, Gollum • Glory as antidote to death • Individual story/quest/trials only part of larger Quest/history of world

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