MONOMYTH COMPARATIVE PAPER- ENGLISH 402 PROJECT 1 The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Iliad, The Ramayana, and The Lord of the Rings are all important contemporary epics that continue to influence the world immensely because they have various themes, forms of symbolism, and motifs used for learning experiences in the modern times. Stories are made to portray ideas that bring food for thought onto the table. The themes that these four-works share are friendship, duty, life/death, and adventure; each have
Tolkien is the writer of the famous fantasy trilogy of The Lord of the Rings for which he has often been attack with creating stereotypical female characters and a greedy world dominated by men. In Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring we see how a gentle and humble hobbit of the Shire, and eight companions set out on a journey to Mount Doom to destroy the One Ring and the dark lord Sauron. Together they form the Fellowship of the Ring, a brotherhood form with members of the various Free People
Effect of Power in “The Lord of the Rings” as Depicted in the Film Version This research studies the corrupting effect of power in “The Lord of the Rings” as depicted in the film. The introduction consists of four elementary parts: background information, statement of problems, purposes of study and research questions. Background The Lord of the Rings written by John Ronald Reuel Tolkein, J.R.R. Tolkein, is an epic fantasy novel as a trilogy. The story of The Lord of the Rings is set in a pre-historic
SUMMER PROJECT ON Medievalism, Fantasy and Modernity in J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Bachelor of Arts (Hons.) in English Submitted by: Submitted to: Shalini Panchal
ACKNOWLEDGMENT I would like to express my sincere gratitude to my supervisor Mr. Antriksh Panchal, for encouraging and guiding me to explore my views in the field of Fantasy Fiction and Medieval Period. His support in each circumstance was a great help in completion of my Summer Project. I would also like to thank AIESR for giving me opportunity to explore in depth on a topic of interest relevant to programme. I would like to thank my teachers, parents and friends for their support in successful
many beautiful moments of friendship between the two. It seems however, that the ring and its weight is wearing on Frodo, and Sam can tell that is Master is not the same, his energy is lacking. I think Sam makes Frodo realize what he is fighting for throughout his whole journey and the Ring’s power gets in the way of their friendship, if even for a brief second. “I am glad you are here with me.
childhood experiences, Satrapi narrates how her family survived the political and social crises of Iran and how it impacted their family. The ideological and political differences of Satrapi’s family from the prevailing culture of Iran have threatened to cause divisions within the family. Satrapi, herself, was sent by her parents abroad to avoid persecution from Iran’s culture police. Other salient features of family themed children literature is the element of growing up. Just like Satrapi’s Persepolis
drugs by controlling the imports, manufactures and the use of the drugs. The war on drugs has been a continuing struggle for a few decades now. For these many years, many people have been trying to convince others that drugs are not good, understanding that this is true due to research analysis, drugs are harmful to the human body but does it make it right for abusing drugs to be a crime? However, I do agree that the war on drugs has had a negative impact on society than it had any good on society
2. The English Novel 1945-1990 The history of the post-war novel in English, and also that of drama and poetry, cannot be understood without reference to the coexistence in the first half of the twentieth century of Modernism and the more traditional approaches to literature inherited from the Victorian period. The Modernist writers reacted against realism in fiction and the remains of Romantic sentimentalism in poetry by introducing technical innovations that could be used to look at reality from
The fantasy genre has been a great point of interest for both authors and readers alike for a long time. Some of the information regarding the fantasy genre, such as definitive origin, has been cause for debate between some. Other pieces of information have caught the attention of others. For example, it has stood the test of time for centuries, as it has made appearances throughout most of history. With its mystical subject matters, books of the fantasy genre spark the interest of thousands