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Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku The Heroism of Sam and Frodo in Lord of the Rings
Námsstig: 
  • Bakkalár
Leiðbeinandi: 
Útdráttur: 
  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    There are many kinds of hero in The Lord of the Rings and not all of them are what would be considered typical. This essay focuses on Sam and Frodo and whether or not they are heroes and then what kind of heroes they would be. I argue that they are both a version of a fairy tale hero but that maybe surprisingly Sam is a more typical example than Frodo as Sam is a fairy tale fool hero. Frodo is more of a saintly hero. This is a distinctly Tolkienian kind of hero where fairy story and Catholicism meet. It is also my opinion that neither Sam nor Frodo could truly be the hero of the story on their own. Through their partnership they are allowed to function heroically and I assess their relationship in a socio-historical context.

Samþykkt: 
  • 20.1.2014
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/17166


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