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Lord of the Ring The Two Towers

Book 4 delves into the harrowing journey of Frodo, Sam, and Gollum as they navigate through desolate lands, encounter new characters, and face internal and external conflicts. Themes of mercy, parallel journeys, and the struggle against inner shadows are explored amidst a backdrop of wastelands and eerie settings.

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Lord of the Ring The Two Towers

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  1. Lord of the RingThe Two Towers BOOK 4

  2. The Two Towers – Book 4Plot Summary • Gollum • Journey – Dead Marches • Ithilien, Faramir • Minas Morgul • Shelob • Choices of Sam

  3. The Two Towers – Book 4New Characters Faramir

  4. The Two Towers – Book 4Monsters and other Creatures • Gollum, Smeagol • Ringwraiths • Shelob

  5. The Two Towers – Book 4Important Objects • Phial of Galadriel • Connection to other stories and to all other lights

  6. The Two Towers – Book 4Settings Wasteland • Desolate, barren, bleak landscape • Bad smell: Dead Marshes, Shelob • Jagged mountains, minimal vegetable growth • Nightmare quality, endless stairs Ithilien • demi-Eden amid wasteland

  7. Mordor The Two Towers – Book 4New Worlds

  8. The Two Towers – Book 4Themes • Mercy / Pity • Frodo’s pity for Gollum • Schizophrenia / two sided characters • Gollum/Smeagol • Parallel between Frodo and Sam • Parallel between Frodo and Gollum • Facing shadow self

  9. The Two Towers – Book 4Parallels • Three hunters in Book 3 • diversity • Sword, ax, and bow • Three travelers • similarities • Frodo, Sam, and Gollum • Hobbits • Merry and Pippin captured by Orcs, highlight of quest • Frodo and Sam captured, just part of larger quest

  10. The Two Towers – Book 4Parallels • Books 4 and 6 • Wasteland world • Little action, mostly psychological characterization • Man against nature, landscape • Books 3 and 5 • Green world • Action filled, mostly significant actions, like battles • Man against other beings

  11. The Two Towers – Book 4Parallels • Graveyards • Dead Marshes, battlefield of Last Alliance • Mounds in front of Edoras • Barrow Wights near the Old Forest • Wounds • Frodo’s second wound from Shelob • First was from Nazgul on Weathertop

  12. The Two Towers – Book 4Motifs • Triangle • Frodo, Sam, Gollum • Glory as antidote to death • Individual story/quest/trials only part of larger Quest/history of world

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