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were lit, ' he said, 'and in the ancient days of Gondor they were not needed, for they had the Seven Stones. ' Pippin stirred uneasily. 'Sleep again, and do not be afraid! ' said Gandalf. 'For you are not going like Frodo to Mordor, but to Minas Tirith, and there you will be as safe as you can be anywhere in these days. If Gondor falls, or the Ring is taken, then the Shire will be no refuge. ' 'You do not comfort me, ' said Pippin, but

“And nine, nine rings were gifted to the race of Men, who above all else desire power” (Jackson 2001). Galadriel, drawing upon the trilogy’s core theme of power, makes an excellent point – and Peter Jackson agrees, for in his cinematic rendition of The Twin Towers, Jackson highlights the solidarity of men in their epic power struggle against themselves. In so doing, the film renders Faramir nearly unrecognizable: he clutches Gollum by the throat and lobs him against a wall, takes Frodo and Sam directly

Army of the Dead. The Army of the Dead were cursed after they failed to come to the aid of Gondor, but they were able to redeem themselves by answering the new King of Gondor, Aragorn. The played a pivotal role in preventing the destruction of Minas Tirith and afterwards, they all died. However, in their case, death was a reward.

the goblins have. I was desperate, the reason being that if we could not defeat the goblins, they would run over the dwarf city of Minas Mora. Then, I realized that if our dwarf unit retreated, the goblins would not be able to follow us far. We could warn Minas Mora about the danger and do something about it. “Retreat,” I quickly called. Everyone ran back towards Minas Mora like mice escaping cats. I was about to retreat myself, until I saw Gimli being skewered by a

How did the unicorn help redeem her kind? Redemption in history has always had to pay a price. Therefore, without sacrifice there is no redemption. In this novel, The Last Unicorn by Peter .S. Beagle, the unicorn sacrificed her life to redeem the other unicorns. She knew the fate of all unicorns rested at her hands as she did the right thing to sacrifice everything that she had, just to save her fellow unicorns. Thus, with the help of friendship, courage and magic

Title: Dracula: Stoker 's Response to the New Woman Author(s): Carol A. Senf Publication Details: Victorian Studies 26.1 (Autumn 1982): p33-49. Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Ed. Jessica Bomarito and Russel Whitaker. Vol. 156. Detroit: Gale, 2006. From Literature Resource Center. Document Type: Critical essay Full Text: COPYRIGHT 2006 Gale, COPYRIGHT 2007 Gale, Cengage Learning Full Text:  [(essay date autumn 1982) In the following essay, Senf contends that, contrary

Brazilian Economic Booms through History The beginning phase of the economic boom in Brazil was in 1500. The first exported item that brought outside interest was Brazilian wood. Mainly, it was logged and exported to Northern Europe for the purpose of creating red dye for textiles. As a result of the logging industry’s rise, metal products for cutting and logging purposes were also high in demand and often traded. This attracted both Portuguese and French ships in hopes of trading metal

gothic novel, Dracula, Bram Stoker uses the title character to expose the repressed sexuality of the other characters, especially the females, criticizing the beliefs of the Victorian Era about woman as sexless figures. Throughout the novel, Lucy and Mina embark on a transformation from ideal Victorian woman to vampires. This represents them crossing the line between conservative women to sexual beings. Even in Lucy’s most domestic state, she expresses a desire for sex. In one day, Lucy is proposed

more so depicted through her sentiments and principles, her “new woman” aspects are depicted through her intelligence. Mina is regarded to as a “new woman” due to her job as an assistant schoolmistress, seeing as to most women who worked were in order to make ends meat if their husbands were sick or injured and typically were jobs requiring manual labor. Stoker basically wrote Mina to represent the ideal Victorian woman with even Van Helsing praising her saying that she is “one of God’s women, fashioned

naive and young, trapped inside Dracula’s castle, wants to escape and tries to, brave, suffers a brain fever Mina Murray: Harker’s fiancee, works as an assistant schoolmistress, best friends with Lucy, victim of Dracula, represents christian faith, purity, innocence, typical victorian woman, helps Hark and the doctors to Dracula and his castle, smart, helpful Lucy Westenra: Best friends with Mina, engaged to Arthur, many men like her, becomes a vampire, compromises her christian faiths, is put at the