Essays on Tolkien

The story of The Fellowship of the Ring takes places in the world of Middle-earth, a vast mysterious land containing many different groups of creatures and men. The book begins by announcing that Mr. Bilbo Baggins of Bag End would shortly be celebrating his eleventy-first…

What does Ecclesiology mean? It’s certainly not a word people hear often. Well, I’m here to tell you it means the study of churches. But even that definition is vague, to truly understand what ecclesiology means we must first dive into the meaning of the…

Although seldom studied as a commentary on femininity, J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings offers prolonged insight into female empowerment. Tolkien’s representation of women in his 1954-55 sequel has long been the focus of preeminent controversial debate. Many people have regularly lodged a protest…

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…