Good And Evil In J. R. Tolkien's The Lord Of The Rings

In the Fellowship of the Ring, J.R.R. Tolkien made use of light vs. dark to depict the Christianity theme, characterization, conflict between good vs. evil, and the setting of the story. The light vs. dark allows readers to interpret different key aspects of the novel and move into a deeper level of those intended influences by amplification.

Nevertheless, the distinctions between these are apparent throughout the two texts. The differences between their own perspectives, moral views, and the differences in time make explaining the aspect of good and evil easier. In addition, the duality of good and evil can be seen clearly throughout the two texts. While Newt is good, the MACUSA, and later Grindelwald are evil. Equally, while the people of Salem are good, the witches are evil, and so on. It all rests on the fact that even though the aspects of good and evil are relative, they are also

Power, despair, corruption, all are conceived by the ring of power, the one ring that’s sole purpose is to bring evil to the world and destroy the race of man. In the epic novel “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring” by J. R. R. Tolkien, the author uses the ring as a symbol of evil that corrupts almost every soul it encounters. Tolkien carefully uses the ring to symbolize how even the smallest objects can cause so much pain and death and bring fear to the hearts in Middle Earth (setting in the book). The ring lies in the heart of the story, giving temptation to almost every character it crosses or has crossed and even transforming once thought to be harmless folk into the most twisted and sinister villains. The separation

In the hobbit J.R.R. Tolkien has a different idea of positive and negative character traits. Tolkien’s idea of positive traits is way different from ours. These are the kinda things Tolkien uses them very often to judge people’ character.

In The Hobbit, Tolkien created cultures and values that are represented often in certain characters and groups of characters. These translate to character traits, which can be positive or negative. After reading up to this point in the story, one can infer that Tolkien considers focused to be a positive character trait, greed to be a negative character trait, and he also feels intelligence more important than physical strength.

Good and evil are usually difficult to define in real life. However, in a story like The Pearl, a parable, good and evil are presented as easily identifiable symbols. For instance, a mother stealing in order to provide necessities because she can’t afford the necessities portrays good and evil because the items she is stealing are used needed her family, but even though she may think it is not right she is doing it for her family to survive is an act of kindness for her loved ones, and this is not the same case in The Pearl. Good and evil is represented different in the novel, The Pearl by John Steinbeck. In The Pearl, Kino’s songs, the doctor, and the pearl of the world have to deal with good and evil.

In observing congruencies between The Lord of the Rings and Christian thought, Colin Gunton notes, "Evil is an essentially alien power which corrupts and destroys the work of God, and so has to be destroyed" (Gunton 128). This critic believes that God is present in some form in The Lord of the Rings, and that evil in the story is a force against God. He is saying that where there is evil, there is also God, and that in The Lord of the Rings, evil is a power against God that God must eradicate. Because there is evil, and a demigod, Sauron, representative of it, there must be an opposition for the side of good, and this entity must eradicate the evil.

How does today’s society distinguish good and evil? In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, characters such as Ender Wiggin and Peter Wiggin face the same question within themselves. Ender is portrayed as a good character by the author while Peter is seen as someone who only brings destruction. Seeing as the reader has Ender’s perspective on most things can help the reader assume that Ender is good and Peter bad. An example of a quarrel in the novel is when Peter chokes Ender.

There’s always something bad that happens then later on something good will occur. That’s just how it is. The quote, “There’s always a rainbow after a storm,” ties in with that point. and evil is necessary as a means to good. It comes down to that we can’t have one without having the other.

Good and evil are symbolized by light and darkness in the play Macbeth, by William Shakespeare. When there is peace and good, Shakespeare mentions light; whether if it is the sun shining brightly or merely a candle giving light. On the other hand, when there is evil and disorder, he mentions darkness; a shadow or a horrible thunderstorm. Witches are known for evil, chaos, and conflict. Since Witches are known to be evil, whenever they appear, the weather is usually horrible. Shakespeare utilizes light and darkness in order to portray when good or evil will take place.

When given, or exposed to power, people may become corrupt. In J. J. R. Tolkien’s The Fellowship of the Ring it is shown that when people are tempted or given power they may become corrupt. We can see this through the characters Frodo Baggins; the bearer of a powerful ring, Gollum, the previous bearer, and lastly it is shown through Bilbo Baggins another bearer.

Good versus evil has been a popular topic of any type storytelling for as long as anyone can recall. Even before languages were written, people drew pictures of action filled battles between man, representing good, and beasts, representing evil. Even then it was most common for the stories creators to depict good triumphantly winning over evil. Thousands of years later imagery is still a major part of story telling. But, as time went on people started to experiment with this formula of storytelling to try to evoke different reactions and emotions from it.

Tolkien's world is often criticized as oversimplified and too black and white, where good triumphs over evil, but this is hardly the case. Many of the greatest battles are losses for the good side, or simply forestall the inevitable return of the villain. Morgoth, the original villain, one far more powerful than Sauron, is predicted in the Silmarillion to return and end the world, similar to the concept of Ragnarok in Norse mythology. However, Tolkien's world is less morally complex than Camelot.

Evil never conquers because good always overcomes it. A good example of this is the book Dracula by Bram Stoker because the author expresses the nature of good vs. evil. Dracula wants to come to London because he wants to turn everyone into vampires. The basic background of the book Dracula is when Jonathan Harker, a realtor who is sent to Transylvania to complete a transaction with Dracula so he can come to England. What Harker does not know is that Dracula has a plan for world domination. Well, while Harker is on a train to Transylvania he enters “the east, a section of Europe whose peoples and customs will be for the most part, strange and unfamiliar” (Dracula, 20). Harker arrives at Bistritz on the eve of St. George’s Day,

Before the reader can identify good prevailing over evil, they must know who represents the evil and who represents good. For example, the monster, Grendel is a symbol of evil. He is characterized as a demonic creature, living down in the darkness. He gets exasperated rather easily and