Essays on Tolkien

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug The movie The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is based off of the middle section of the novel The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien. However, there are quite a few differences between the movie and the book. The director, Peter…

In this essay, I, will be focusing on how justice is portrayed in Hamlet by William Shakespeare and also The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien by looking at how the ghost in Hamlet influences him to agree to committing murder in the name…

The Influence of Northern Mythology in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Narn i hin Hurin J.R.R. Tolkien is an author known famously for his masterful craftsmanship of the Lord of the Rings trilogy and The Hobbit. The Norse influences on Tolkien’s writing cannot be denied; Norse elements are…

J. R. R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit is an excellent example of Joseph Campbell’s archetype, a Hero’s Journey. This archetype identifies ten stages in which an unlikely hero might go through to become a likely hero. In this novel, a hobbit named Bilbo Baggins is the…