Lord of the Ring The Two Towers BOOK 3

The Two Towers – Book 3 Plot Summary  Death of Boromir  Ents  Return of Gandalf  Rohan / Helm’s Deep  Fall of Saruman

The Two Towers – Book 3 Plot Structure  Chap 1-2  Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Eomer  Chap 3-4  Merry, Pippin, orcs  Chap 5-7  Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Eomer, Gandalf, Theoden  Chap 8-11  Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, Gandalf, Theoden, Merry, Pippin

The Two Towers – Book 3 New Characters TreebeardTheoden Elmer, Eowyn SarumanWormtongue

The Two Towers – Book 3 Monsters and other Creatures  Ents  Huorns  Orcs

The Two Towers – Book 3 Important Objects ä Broach dropped by Pippin ä Palantir

The Two Towers – Book 3 Four-dimensional world of Ents  Ents see world in terms of its history, make us aware of importance of past events to present  Quote re/ hill  Ents slow like growth of trees  Quote re/ hasty  Ents are dying race, no Entwives  Ents are like MacBeth’s Byrnam wood moving as real it were real

The Two Towers – Book 3 Settings Spring -- rebirth  Boromir redeemed in death  Rousing of the Ents  Theoden comes forth to war  Gandalf comes back Places which become involved again  Fangorn  Rohin

The Two Towers – Book 3 New Worlds  Rohan  Horseback riders  Honor heroic actions and/or death  Fangorn  Last March of the Ents  Slow to anger then deadly

The Two Towers – Book 3 Themes  Coming back to life, Legends  Gandalf, Theoden, Ents  Heroic ideal, going down fighting  Theoden, Last march of the Ents  Power of Laughter  Courtesy/discourtesy, hospitality  Wormtongue discourteous, Saruman falsely  Ents hospitable  Choices  Boromir, Theoden, Saruman, Wormtongue

The Two Towers – Book 3 Parallels  Saruman held Gandalf prisoner, now Gandalf holds Saruman prisoner

The Two Towers – Book 3 Motifs  Songs in Rohan  Elegies or Heroic poems  Songs of Memory  Glory as antidote to death