Flavio Rafael Flor Riveros

JANUARY 28, 2019.

2. SETTING:

A field called the comarca (New Zealand), Frodo´s home.

And the New Zealand´s mountains, Where many battles were fought.

3. CHARACTERS:

Elijah Wood as Frodo Baggins in Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings:
The Fellowship of the Ring.

Sir Ian Murray McKellen as Gandalf.

Viggo Peter Mortensen Jr. as Aragorn II.

4. PLOT:

A young Hobbit known as Frodo has been thrown on an amazing adventure, when he is
appointed the job of destroying the one ring which was created by the dark lord Sauron. He is
assigned with three warriors including Gandalf, Aragorn and Boromir. But it's not going to be an
easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid the Middle-Earth of all e

5. Symbols:
The principal symbol, and the true reason of this movie is «The One Ring».

The One Ring was an artefact created by the Dark Lord Sauron in the Second Age for
the purpose of ruling over the Free peoples of Middle-earth, mainly the Elves.

The Rings represents the heart´s evil

6. Beginning

The movie opens with a party for Bilbo’s 111th birthday. Bilbo gives his ring to his heir, his
cousin Frodo Baggins. When the time comes to part with the ring, however, Bilbo becomes
strangely reluctant to do so. He gives up the ring only at the determined urging of his friend,
Gandalf the Grey, a great Wizard. Gandalf suspects that the ring is indeed the One Ring of
legend. After confirming his suspicions, he tells Frodo that the Ring must be taken away from
the Shire, as Sauron’s power is growing once again.

7. Development

Frodo sets out from the Shire with three of his Hobbit friends—Sam, Merry, and Pippin.
Along the way, they are pursued by the nine Ringwraiths, servants of Sauron who take
the form of terrifying Black Riders. The hobbits spend a night in the company of
wandering Elves, who promise to send word ahead to friends who will protect the
hobbits. Barely out of the Shire, the hobbits get lost in the Old Forest, where they have
to be rescued from a malevolent willow tree, which swallows up Merry and Pippin, and
then from an evil tomb ghost. The hobbits’ rescuer is Tom Bombadil, a strange, jovial
entity with great powers who is the oldest creature in Middle-earth.

8. Climax

The hobbits make it to the town of Bree, where they meet Aragorn, a Ranger who roams the
wilderness and who is the heir of the Kings of the ancient Men of Westernesse. Those who do
not know Aragorn’s true name call him Strider. Frodo tries to keep a low profile at the inn in
Bree, but he ends up causing a scene when while taking part in a rollicking rendition of a song
he falls, accidentally slips the Ring onto his finger, and vanishes.

That night, Aragorn advises the hobbits not to sleep in their rooms at the inn. In doing so, he
saves their lives—for the first of many times. A letter Gandalf left at the inn months before
advises the group to head for Rivendell, a realm of the Elves. Aragorn sets out with the hobbits
the next day, and with his help they avoid the Black Riders for some time. However, at the top of
the hill Weathertop, the Company is forced to defend itself against the attacking Riders. Frodo is
wounded during the skirmish.

9. Denovement

The Fellowship travels through the old underground Dwarf kingdom of Moria, where
Gandalf perishes, and the Elven forest of Lothlórien. Galadriel, the Elf queen, grants
each member of the Fellowship gifts to aid them in their quest. They are meanwhile
being trailed by Gollum, an ancient Hobbitish creature who once bore the Ring for
centuries and wants it back. Boromir also lusts for the Ring and the powers it can grant
him. But before he can seize the Ring, a raid of evil orcs splinters the Fellowship; Sam
and Frodo slip off toward Mordor.

After several long and weary days of travel, the two hobbits reach Orodruin, or Mount
Doom. Sam carries Frodo to the top. Just as they reach the Cracks of Doom, Frodo
refuses to give up the Ring, overcome by its power. Gollum appears and struggles with
Frodo. Gollum bites the Ring off Frodo’s finger, but then he stumbles and falls into the
Cracks of Doom. Sauron’s power breaks, and Aragorn’s forces at the Black Gate defeat
the panicked servants of Mordor. Gandalf flies to Orodruin on the back of Gwaihir, the
giant eagle, and rescues Frodo and Sam.

10. The end.

The Darkness dissipates from Gondor. Aragorn is crowned King of Gondor, and he
marries Arwen, Elrond’s daughter from Rivendell. Minas Tirith and the surrounding
areas begin to recover and rebuild.

The hobbits rebuild the Shire and return to their ordinary lives. Sam marries a hobbit
named Rosie Cotton, and together they have a daughter. Frodo, wounded by the
burden of the Ring-quest, decides to leave the Shire. He sails away over the Great Sea
with Gandalf, Bilbo, and the other Ring-bearers to the peaceful paradise in the unknown
West.
11. Message.
The main message of this trilogy is to show us how the evil of our hearts is capable of
taking us to decisions that affect others. Gollum, in my opinion represents the human
being, in search of power, fame, wealth and good prestige. And the result of following
our egoistic impulses will transform us tomorrow into monsters.

In our journey in this life, we will fight day by day with our selfishness. Resulting in many
occasions in the destruction of the people around us. From here until death we will fight
against ourselves.

The destruction of the One Ring represents the hope we have of one day to be freed
from the evil that dwells in us.

"They weren’t just kind of adventure stories but they were stories that taught me about social

ðeɪ wɜːnt ʤʌst kaɪnd ɒv ədˈvɛnʧə ˈstɔːriz bʌt ðeɪ wɜː ˈstɔːriz ðæt tɔːt miː əˈbaʊt ˈsəʊʃəl,

problems,»

ˈprɒbləmz.

— Obama.

”The Lord of the Rings serves as a positive role model in our dehumanized world as well as an

ðə lɔːd ɒv ðə rɪŋz sɜːvz æz ə ˈpɒzətɪv rəʊl ˈmɒdl ɪn ˈaʊə diːˈhjuːmənaɪzd wɜːld æz wɛl æz ən

exciting lecture, it helped transform our world into one smiling global village”.

ɪkˈsaɪtɪŋ ˈlɛkʧə, ɪt hɛlpt trænsˈfɔːm ˈaʊə wɜːld ˈɪntuː wʌn ˈsmaɪlɪŋ ˈgləʊbəl ˈvɪlɪʤ.

— Árpád Göncz

"I'm a huge fan of Lord Of The Rings. And I think the moment when Gollum goes into the river

"aɪm ə hjuːʤ fæn ɒv lɔːd ɒv ðə rɪŋz. ænd aɪ θɪŋk ðə ˈməʊmənt wɛn Gollum gəʊz ˈɪntuː ðə ˈrɪvə.
of fire and becomes an unlikely hero is the most profound. When that happens, and evil and

ɒv ˈfaɪər ænd bɪˈkʌmz ən ʌnˈlaɪkli ˈhɪərəʊ ɪz ðə məʊst prəˈfaʊnd. wɛn ðæt ˈhæpənz, ænd ˈiːvl ænd

good combine to save the world, that's the most philosophically interesting moment of the

gʊd ˈkɒmbaɪn tuː seɪv ðə wɜːld, ðæts ðə məʊst ˌfɪləˈsɒfɪkəli ˈɪntrɪstɪŋ ˈməʊmənt ɒv ðiː

whole trilogy.»

həʊl ˈtrɪləʤi.»

— Nicolas Cage.

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