Jordan Yates Axiotis Second Period “Wearing of the Ring” Seminar Questions Opening- When writing The Lords of Discipline‚ how much of himself did Pat Conroy put into his book? How would have the book been different it hadn’t have seemed so personal to Conroy? When writing The Lords of Discipline‚ Pat Conroy put a lot of himself into the novel. As a graduate from the Citadel and former member of the Varsity basketball team‚ Conroy poured all aspects of his collegiate life into this book. Posed
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"Power corrupts‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely‚" said Lord Acton generations ago. In the Greek tragedy Antigone‚ written by Sophocles‚ there was a character named Kreon‚ the antagonist‚ who was the king of Thebes. Thebes was an autocratic state where Kreon had absolute power. Throughout the course of the play‚ Kreon abused his privilege of absolute power; and this caused him to suffer greatly‚ even though he was warned by a few people of his bad deeds. What Sophocles commented on absolute
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own mythology‚ which has to do with religion. This book‚ though published later than the rest of his books‚ is the foundation of all of the books set in Middle Earth. From the ideas written in The Silmarillion‚ Tolkien created The Hobbit‚ The Lord of the Rings‚
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Heroism redefined Lord of the Rings J. R. R. Tolkien Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy‚ offers the reader a truly compelling picture of the world of Middle-earth. The author‚ in great detail‚ depicts a complex reality which abounds in a whole variety of creatures‚ cultures‚ languages and histories. If we take a closer look on Tolkien’s masterpiece we will easily notice a complexity of themes‚ motifs‚ symbols which add to the semantic richness of the
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(Biblical‚ Celtic‚ Norse‚ and Arthurian mythologies‚ etc.)‚ I believe Biblical held the most significant effect on The Lord of the Rings‚ albeit Finnish/Nordic appears more so than any other. Additionally‚ Tolkien wanted to publish The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings together‚ since he saw them as connected mythological cycles. To a degree‚ one’s reading of The Lord of the Rings‚ is deepened
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Power is authority and strength‚ which is any form of motive force or energy‚ ability to act‚ or control. When too much power is given‚ a dictatorship government can form‚ in which all decisions are made by one authority. In the book Animal Farm‚ by George Orwell the author portrays how “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. From the death of Old Major‚ Snowball‚ Napoleon‚ and Squealer replaced him. At first things started off pretty well; the harvest was very
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Essays‚ Not Rants! 173: But What Does It All Mean? When The Lord of The Rings was first published there was a lot of talk about its relation to the second World War. It got to the point that in the foreword to a later edition‚ Tolkien explicitly said that no‚ it was not in any way an allegory of World War Two. Tolkien wasn’t a huge fan of allegories‚ to the point where he usually considered them detrimental to the story (and also the biggest flaw of C.S. Lewis’ The Lion‚ The Witch‚ and The Wardrobe)
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What Shall I Do? By Matt Greutman The Lord of the Rings is a novel about a journey of several different heroes that are working towards a common goal against the evils of middle earth. Heroes such as the powerful wizard Gandalf‚ the swift ranger Aragorn‚ The accurate archer Legolas‚ the mighty warrior Gimli‚ the ring bearer Frodo‚ and many other powerful warriors and helpful allies. However‚ there is only one character that truly fits the definition of being a real hero. This character never gave
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The Ring’s Addiction “One ring to rule them all‚ One ring to find them/ One ring to bring them all and in the darkness blind them/ In the land of Mordor where the shadows lie.” (p. 8) This was said at the beginning of the story telling a brief summary of the ring of Sauron. The poem tells you how the ring will blind you to the point that the need that you will feel of it will be bigger than anything in the world. It will be so big that it becomes an addiction‚ worse than any drug in the word‚ because
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10/30/13 Block 4 POWER CORRUPTS Power corrupts because human nature provokes people to never be satisfied with what they have. My first example of power corrupting is in the book OTH. Han ‚ the narrator tells how Om has power over the students : “ When my conversation with Sokdae was over he put his lunchbox up on the desk. This was the signal for everyone to open their lunchboxes.” (13) This passage shows that Om ‚ the bully is using his power to get lunch from his classmates. Another
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