The Lord of the Rings and Metaphors

     With it's magic, fantastical beings and clear delineations of good and evil, The Lord of the Rings presents a compelling fantasy.  This is a story based in the fictional land of "Middle Earth."  The trilogy of The Lord of the Rings is a fantasy that includes a tale of elves, wizards, dwarves, hobbits, and men.  Sound believable yet?          

     The Ring that everyone is chasing represents war, greed, power, and fear.  The Lord of the Rings is also a tale about struggles for a better humanity and lifestyle.  This representation of trials, disappointments, and victories metaphors our own hopes and powers as people.  It is a battle between good and evil, some want to use the ring to empower their own evil whereas the others want the ring to promote peace.  

     “The intrusion fantasy uses the form of the club story—the unquestioned tale—to construct consensus reality, then renders the walls of the world—story translucent” (Mendlesohn 116).  In terms of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, this fantasy brings a tale based on fiction and makes it reality.  This reality is the war between good and evil and the struggle for power.  They bring all forms of fictional characters together in order to use each of their individual powers to benefit them as a group to reach their overall goal in defeating evil.  The theory represents the tale of the team overcoming the corrupt leaders of middle earth.