The Hobbit: The Dwarves Song

Music plays an important role in J.R.R Tolkien’s book The Hobbit. It provides the reader with key insight into a character’s role in the story, and the type of creature they are. While there are only a few different songs throughout the story, each one has an important message that pertains to either the characters or the plot. The three different songs sung by the dwarves, elves, and goblins all vary in tone, content, and structure, and play a huge part in the development of the Tolkien’s world.

In the beginning of the novel, the dwarves are gathered in Bilbo’s home and are getting ready for their lengthy and ambitious adventure. In order to help Bilbo discern why they need to embark on their quest, they sing an epic song about days long past. It is very somber, but it also hints of longing and rage. The ballad switches between past and future tenses, telling the history of how the dwarves of yore were previously a powerful and wealthy race until an evil dragon attacked, causing their people to flee and leave their gold and riches behind. It justifies the dwarves’ need for revenge against the dragon Smaug, something the dwarves have waited to do for years. The last stanza reads, “Far over the misty mountains grim, to dungeons deep and caverns dim, we must away, ere break of day, to win our harps and gold from him,” (Tolkien, 16). This verse sets up the rest of the novel and the climax by explaining how the dwarves want to kill Smaug and regain their lost treasure. The song was passed down through many generations, the need for retribution growing each time the hymn was sung. It follows an A/A/B/A rhyme scheme, which is more developed than the elves’ and goblins’ songs, displaying their higher intelligence.

The song I have constructed has several morals and important messages in it. It basically describes the plot and storyline of the Hobbit, and then extracts important messages in the book and relates it to the real world. The plot it is describing is that Bilbo Baggins, a young hobbit who is satisfied in his hobbit hole, but expands his mind by getting inspired by Gandalf to go on an adventure. Bilbo experiences many challenges but his final encounter against Smaug describes how the plot forms. With the encounter of Smaug, all of the group's plans escalate and when the dragon attacks the Lake Town and destroys it. This Allows the character Bard to redeem himself showing another moral. It is never too late to ask for forgiveness. With that plot

For as long as mankind has walked on this earth, music has been an important part of our culture and lifestyles. Each walk of life beats to a different drum. Different cultures use music for many aspects of their lives; for religious purposes, for celebrations, for comfort, for sorrow, for relaxation, for sports, for dances, for energy, for learning, for sleeping, and for sexual experiences. Everyone uses music for something. Music connects with people and reaches them in ways that words simply cannot. Music is a representation of what feelings sound like. It expresses emotion and brings that characteristic out from within us; it tells us a story. Every generation has its’ own sound and different music styles have emerged and become

In my video, I put four different instruments each with an idea connected to human nature in Lord of the Flies by William Golding. I decided to do music because it’s a major part of my life and many others; it expresses more than the notes on a piece of paper. Music expresses the hidden emotions and feelings we don’t really reveal to anyone. It gives a different place to escape from hard times or to find something more than what life gives us. All of these emotions are a part of human nature, to me, music is a part of human nature. Composers like Mozart or Beethoven, and even modern composers leave permanent impacts on the way humans play and write music. Realizing this, I picked four different instruments for four different main characters in Lord of the Flies to represent the four main parts of human nature described in William Golding’s allegory.

“Kid, you’ll move mountains! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So get on your way!” – Dr Seuss

chapter. Although it cannot be classified as a musical because all the characters are aware that they are singing, the music still plays an essential role in the development of the story. Many

In chapter 6, ¨Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire,¨ the goblins give us as readers yet another reason to dislike them. To emphasize what I mean, it states, ¨Fifteen bids in five firtrees their feathers were fanned in a fiery breeze!... O what shall we do with the funny little things? Roast ´em alive, or stew them in a pot; fry them, boil them, and eat them hot?¨ (Tolkien 106). In this song sang by the cruel goblins, you can really see their hatred for the dwarves and anybody who is friends with them. Throughout this book we have grown very close to the dwarves and especially Bilbo so for the goblins to sing this song directed to them, it really made the audience a bit frustrated. One certain part of the song is when they mention that they

In chapter 1 and 2 in The Hobbit we have met many characters like Bilbo baggins. They are hobbits there are to sadies that are toddle different you got one said called Tokish. The Tokish like to go on adventures and the Baggins don't like to do that. They are toddle different they like to eat a lot. Bilbo baggins is from both sides but he takes more from the Baggins because he is lazy but not like the rest of them and he likes to eat a lot.

“The mountain smoked beneath the moon; The dwarves, they heard the tramp of doom.(15)” The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien is a tale comprised almost solely of mystique and heroics. One facet of this precious story is given through song. The songs are meant to give a picture of the past and also to foreshadow what is to come. In the case of the dwarf party, their songs spoke of a past event, the moving of a wind over the land, and their triumphant return to the halls of their ancestors. Song singing is a great medium for sharing information as well as feelings, and Tolkien used this medium well.

Music in “The Hobbit” contributes to character development of these magical creatures in 3 major ways. In the songs it shows the personality of the Dwarves and the Elves. It does this by showing why they want to go on a quest and where it leads them. It tells the reader that the Dwarves are vengeful because the dragon stole their treasure. Songs also show the personality of the elves which is happy. These are apparent because the tone of each song relates to why they are singing. An example is the elves song. They sing this “The bannocks are baking! O! tril-lil-lil-lolly the valley is jolly, ha! Ha!” In the Goblins song it shows us what they do to prisoners. In this song it uses onomatopoeia to simulate the sound of the tools that they

Smaug’s Theme was composed by Howard Shore for 2013’s The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug. The genre of the piece is film fantasy, adventure and has touches of horror mixed in with it. The song fits the style of the majestic dragon that is its namesake, and it flows wonderfully with the movie, taking in various other relative themes and working with the events that happen in the movie.

Music originates from all over the world since the beginning of time. Complex or simple, fast or slow, loud or soft. It’s what you feel. It could be your method of escape or keeping you living. Music is love. Music is passion. Music is unity. Music is emotion. Music is belief. Music is beauty. Music is life. Music is perfection. Music is imperfection. Music is peace. “Through music we can live forever.”

The thirteen dwarves went on a long journey that they definitely could not of done alone as an individual. That being said I choose the song “You’ve Got a Friend In Me” to represent the relationship between the group. They had to work together with the help of a thief and a Wizard. The song talks about sticking together, which is what the dwarves had to do to reclaim their land. On page 17 it says “Thorin and Company”, which is what they call their group. In the song it says “as the years go by, our friendship will never die”. Which describes how after the dwarves finish their journey they are still friends.

The the songs that were sung help develop the characters for three different reasons. First, the song that the dwarves’ sang explained a lot about themselves, their goals and about the surrounding. The song explains that their goals and a little background about them. The song said “ To claim our long-forgotten gold “. The main goal for the dwarves’ is to get the gold back.