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  2. Gollum - Wikipedia

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    Gollum speaks in an idiosyncratic manner, indeed in an idiolect, [11] often referring to himself in the third person, and frequently talks to himself. In The Hobbit, he always refers to himself as "my precious". [T 3] When not referring to himself in the third person, he sometimes speaks of himself in the plural as "we", hinting at his alter ...

  3. Mental illness in Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    In Tolkien's book, the monster Gollum talks to himself in two different personalities, the good Sméagol and the evil Gollum. [4] Peter Jackson 's 2002 film The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers , part of his major film series on Middle-earth , similarly depicts Gollum/Sméagol talking to himself in "perhaps the most celebrated scene in the ...

  4. Gollum's Syndrome: The Burden and the Treasure of Silver's ...

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    "We wants it, we needs it. Must have the precious!" Channeling J.R.R. Tolkien's Gollum, a second silver miner now joins the quest for Orko Silver's precious. Coeur d'Alene Mines issued a competing ...

  5. Illeism - Wikipedia

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    Illeism may also be used to show idiocy, as with the character Mongo in Blazing Saddles, e.g. "Mongo like candy" and "Mongo only pawn in game of life"; though it may also show innocent simplicity, as it does with Harry Potter's Dobby the Elf ("Dobby has come to protect, even if he does have to shut his ears in the oven door").

  6. Tolkien and the classical world - Wikipedia

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    [25] The question is answered in different ways: the monster Gollum is weak, quickly corrupted, and finally destroyed; Boromir, son of the Steward of Gondor, begins virtuous but like Plato's Gyges is corrupted "by the temptation of power" [25] from the Ring, even if he wants to use it for good, but redeems himself by defending the hobbits to ...

  7. ‘Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ Is Not Two Movies ...

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    Ian McKellen sent “Lord of the Rings” fans into a tizzy earlier this year when he teased that the upcoming movie, “The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum,” would actually be two films.

  8. Andy Serkis's impression of Vladimir Putin as Gollum: 'We ...

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    Middle Earth got involved in geopolitical conversation last night when "The Lord of the Rings" star Andy Serkis appeared on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert."

  9. Tolkien's moral dilemma - Wikipedia

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    The Elf Ecthelion slays the Orc champion Orcobal in Gondolin. 2007 illustration by Tom Loback. J. R. R. Tolkien, a devout Roman Catholic, [T 1] created what he came to feel was a moral dilemma for himself with his supposedly evil Middle-earth peoples like Orcs, when he made them able to speak.