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1) The Lord of the Rings novels by J.R.R. Tolkien use a metaphor of the struggle between good and evil, set in the mythical world of Middle Earth. 2) In Middle Earth, different peoples and monsters represent aspects of human nature - elves symbolize scientists/artists, wizards represent philosophers, and dwarves depict narrow-minded individuals focused on wealth. 3) Hobbits, the main characters, live simply in the Shire but must embark on a hazardous quest when Frodo inherits the One Ring from Bilbo and must travel to Mordor to destroy it in the fires where it was created.

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1) The Lord of the Rings novels by J.R.R. Tolkien use a metaphor of the struggle between good and evil, set in the mythical world of Middle Earth. 2) In Middle Earth, different peoples and monsters represent aspects of human nature - elves symbolize scientists/artists, wizards represent philosophers, and dwarves depict narrow-minded individuals focused on wealth. 3) Hobbits, the main characters, live simply in the Shire but must embark on a hazardous quest when Frodo inherits the One Ring from Bilbo and must travel to Mordor to destroy it in the fires where it was created.

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AFTER YOU READ A. Answer these questions. 1. What is the main metaphor of The Lord of the Rings? 2.

How did Tolkien represent different aspects of human nature? 3. What group does the author seem to admire most? Least? 4. Good novels feature great contrasts. What is the contrast in the plot of the The Lord of the Rings? 5. What does the author see as the bad side of the simple life? B. 1. Explain the comparisons.

I hear you are in hot water again, a friend told Charles Spurgeon. I`m not the one in hot water, Spurgeon replied. The other fellows are Im the man who makes the water boil. 2. When the young sculptor Constantin Brancusi (1976-1957) moved to Paris, he was invited by the famous sculptor Auguste Rodin (1814-1917) to work in his studio. Brancusi thanked him, but refused. Nothing, he explained, grows well in the shade of a big tree.

A. Match the two parts of the dead metaphors. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Body Foot Head Leg Neck Point a. in time b. of a bottle c. of a hill d. of a hill e. of the class f, of work

Now write definitions for each of the phrases

memory when twenty rings a r e forged that give the power to rule. Three are hidden by the kings of the elves. Seven are given to the lords of the dwarves and nine to the kings of the elves. Seven are given to the lords of the dwarves and nine to the kings of men. But one other ring is created --- in secret--- by the dark lord Sauron, to serve as a master ring to rule over all. That one ring is on his hand in the greatest battle in ancient times. But Sauron loses the battle and the ring passes to a man. When its evil leads to the man` s death, the ring is lost. Then, it is found by someone who becomes Gollum. In the novel the Hobbit, Gollum loses it and it is found by a hobbit, Bilbo Baggins. Bilbo eventually entrusts the ring to his nephew, a boy by the name of Frodo Baggins. It becomes Frodo` s quest to take it on a hazardous journey to Mordor to destroy it in the volcano where it was made. Along the way he is joined by friends ----a fellowship of brave fighters who will help him--and together they encounter enemies. The task of returning the ring is made more difficult because the ring, as a metaphor for power, corrupts whoever wears it.

R.R. Tolkien` s The Lord of the Rings begins in a time before

VOCABULARY NOTES

The Lord of the Rings novels are


a metaphor for the struggle between good and evil, set in a mythical world called Middle Earth. Diverse people and monsters live there, each a metaphor for a different aspect of society; elves represent scientists and artists; wizards represent philosophers, whose ideas can be used for either good or evil; dwarves represent narrow-minded people, who live in dirt looking for wealth and are sometimes trapped in their own caves. Hobbits, the main characters of the three novels, live in a peaceful shire and are a metaphor for the simple life, ignorant of what goes on outside ones own home.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Diverse (adjective) very from each other Entrust (verb) to make someone responsible for something Hazardous (adjective) something that may be dangerous or cause accidents Metaphor (noun) a way of describing something by comparing it to something else that has similar qualities, without using the words like or as Mythical (adjective) not real or true, but only imagined Narrow-minded (adjective) not willing to accept ideas that are new and different from your own

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