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FRODO’S HERO’S JOURNEY. I. DEPARTURE The Call to Adventure: Receiving the Ring; Gandalf telling him the Ring must leave the Shire Refusal of the Call: Frodo tries to give the Ring to Gandalf Supernatural Aid: Gandalf is taken by Saruman , so Frodo does not receive this.
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I. DEPARTURE The Call to Adventure: Receiving the Ring; Gandalf telling him the Ring must leave the Shire Refusal of the Call: Frodo tries to give the Ring to Gandalf Supernatural Aid: Gandalf is taken by Saruman, so Frodo does not receive this. Crossing the First Threshold: Leaving the Shire The Belly of the Whale: Frodo gets stabbed at Weathertop by the lord of the Nazgul; Aragorn saves him
II. OVERCOMING OBSTACLES The Magic Flight: the Eagles The Meeting with the Goddess: meeting Galadriel in Lothlorien
THE ROAD OF TRIALS • Trying—and failing---to go over the mountain pass of Caradhras • Facing the Mines of Moria • The cave troll • Losing Gandalf • Seeing the future in Galadriel’s mirror/Accepting the burden of the Ring • Escaping Boromir • Leaving the Fellowship • Getting lost/Trying to find the way to the Black Gate • Smeagol’s attack
THE ROAD OF TRIALS (continued…) • Passing through the Dead Marshes • Dealing with Faramir • The Stairs and Pass of CirithUngol • Fighting/fleeing Shelob • Being taken captive by orcs and brought to the tower • Marching with orcs • Carrying the Ring closer to Mount Doom as it gets heavier to bear • Fighting Gollum and making it to the ledge of Mount Doom
TEMPTATION AWAY FROM THE TRUE PATH: • “The Ring is mine.” • THE ABYSS: • Throwing the Ring into the pit of fire. • REFUSAL OF THE RETURN: • “I’m glad to be with you, SamwiseGamgee…here, at the end of all things.” • RESCUE FROM WITHOUT: • Gandalf with the Eagles
III. THE RETURN • CROSSING THE RETURN THRESHOLD: • Waking up in Gondor • APOTHEOSIS: • Leaving with the elves for the Gray Havens? • THE ULTIMATE BOON: • Peace for a time; the Shire is saved