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  2. Narrative structure of The Lord of the Rings - Wikipedia

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    Scholars have described the narrative structure of The Lord of the Rings, a high fantasy work by J. R. R. Tolkien published in 1954–55, in a variety of ways, including as a balanced pair of outer and inner quests; a linear sequence of scenes or tableaux; a fractal arrangement of separate episodes; a Gothic cathedral-like edifice of many different elements; multiple cycles or spirals; or an ...

  3. Journeys of Frodo - Wikipedia

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    Publisher. George Allen & Unwin (UK) Publication date. 1981. ISBN. 0-04-912016-6. OCLC. 9160102. Journeys of Frodo: An Atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings by Barbara Strachey is an atlas based on the fictional realm of Middle-earth, which traces the journeys undertaken by the characters in Tolkien 's epic.

  4. The Scouring of the Shire - Wikipedia

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    The Scouring of the Shire. " The Scouring of the Shire " is the penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien 's fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader "Sharkey", revealed to be the Wizard Saruman.

  5. The Atlas of Middle-earth - Wikipedia

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    LC Class. G3122.M5 F6 1991. The Atlas of Middle-earth by Karen Wynn Fonstad is an atlas of J. R. R. Tolkien 's fictional realm of Middle-earth. [1][2] It was published in 1981, following Tolkien's major works The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. It provides many maps at different levels of detail, from whole lands to cities ...

  6. Storytelling in The Lord of the Rings - Wikipedia

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    Appearance. Storytelling is explored in multiple ways in J. R. R. Tolkien 's The Lord of the Rings, with stories told in different styles, attributed to many different characters with limited knowledge of events, as well as an omniscient narrator. Tolkien weaves together a complex story in the style of an interlaced medieval tapestry romance.

  7. Samwise Gamgee - Wikipedia

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    Samwise Gamgee (/ ˈsæmˌwaɪz ˈɡæmˌdʒiː /, usually called Sam) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien 's Middle-earth. A hobbit, Samwise is the chief supporting character of The Lord of the Rings, serving as the loyal companion (in effect, the manservant) of the protagonist Frodo Baggins. Sam is a member of the Fellowship of the ...

  8. Tolkien's maps - Wikipedia

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    J. R. R. Tolkien's design for his son Christopher's contour map on graph paper with handwritten annotations, of parts of Gondor and Mordor and the route taken by the Hobbits with the One Ring, and dates along that route, for an enlarged map in The Return of the King [5] Detail of finished contour map by Christopher Tolkien, drawn from his father's graph paper design.

  9. Frodo Baggins - Wikipedia

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    Frodo Baggins (Westron: Maura Labingi) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's writings and one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings.Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin Bilbo Baggins, described familiarly as "uncle", and undertakes the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor.