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After a lightly-embittered take on The Two Towers just about a year ago, I was not sure what to expect going into The Return...
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I was a bit nervous to re-read “The Grey Havens.” The first time that I made my way through it was one of my...
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“The Scouring of the Shire” is perhaps the most distinct chapter of The Lord of the Rings. The epic quite suddenly becomes local; the...
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A shorter essay for a shorter chapter this week, as we head into Return of the King: Endgame. [Note: after writing this and going...
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“Many Partings” is a nice chapter, if not a necessary one. It’s a chapter-long farewell between our characters (and their world) and puts a...
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People (nerds) have already spilled bottles of ink over the fate of Éowyn in The Lord of the Rings. Some find her romance with...
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About three years and 1,123 pages later (oh my god), we’ve finally made our way through the traditional climax of The Lord of the...
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I am glad that all of you are joining me here today, here at the end of all things (except for the several months...
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I was intrigued going into Book VI at how this last leg of The Lord of the Rings was going to stack up in...
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“The Tower of Cirith Ungol” shares an unenviable position with “The Taming of Smeagol” and “Minas Tirith” as book openers. They are all responsible...