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The hero Tuor, a Man, slays the Orc Othrod: scholars have suggested that for Tolkien, Orcs were a conveniently wholly evil enemy that could be slaughtered without mercy. [15] 2007 illustration by Tom Loback. Scholars have noted that Tolkien's Orcs are depicted as wholly evil, meaning that they could be slaughtered without regret.
Evil is ever-present in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional realm of Middle-earth. Tolkien is ambiguous on the philosophical question of whether evil is the absence of good, the Boethian position, or whether it is a force seemingly as powerful as good, and forever opposed to it, the Manichaean view. The major evil characters have varied origins.
Tolkien stated in his Letters that although he did not think "Absolute Evil" could exist as it would be "Zero", "in my story Sauron represents as near an approach to the wholly evil will as is possible." He explained that, like "all tyrants", Sauron had started out with good intentions but was corrupted by power, and that he "went further than ...
The Wizard Saruman turns to evil and is wholly corrupted, lured by pride and power, but never gets the Ring. Tolkien uses the Ring to illuminate the moral choices made by each character. Sméagol kills his friend Déagol to gain the Ring, and is corrupted by it, becoming wholly miserable as the creature Gollum.
Tolkien was similarly equivocal about the nature of evil, as seen through the One Ring, created by the Dark Lord Sauron to dominate the whole of Middle-earth; it behaves both as an inanimate object, and as a thing with constantly evil intent, seeking to enslave whoever bears it. Shippey admired Tolkien's ability to balance between pagan and ...
The Necromancer, a shadowy evil character mentioned in The Hobbit. [T 20] In The Lord of the Rings, the Necromancer is revealed to be Sauron. [T 21] (mentioned only) Smaug, a great dragon who made the Lonely Mountain his lair. [T 1] After the Company roused him from his long quiescence, he destroyed Lake-town and was killed by Bard the Bowman ...
Relative of numerous notable characters in Tolkien's legendarium through bloodline and kinship. Gandalf: A wizard. A member of the Fellowship of the Ring. Killed in battle in Moria, but returns to play a leading role in the defeat of Sauron. Gil-galad: Last High King of the Noldor, who ruled during the Second Age. Formed the Last Alliance of ...
The 2019 biopic Tolkien links the Great War to Middle-earth by showing Tolkien, in delirium, hallucinating a fire-breathing dragon from what may be a Flammenwerfer in no-man's land. [ 38 ] [ 39 ] The Finnish film director Dome Karukoski 's 2019 biographical drama film Tolkien narrates Tolkien's early life and wartime experiences.