Fellowship of the Ring BOOK 2

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Plot Summary  The Council of Elrond  Caradhras  Moria  Lothlorien  Breaking of the Fellowship

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 New Characters ElrondBoromir Gimli, Legolas Galadriel, Celeborn

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Monsters Caradhras Watcher in the Water TrollBalrogGollum

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Comparison of Characters  Aragorn  Represents Kingdom of North  Sword as heirloom  Begins book with sword broken  Sword symbol of fighter  Reliable, responsible  Will go where Gandalf leads  Humble, keeps North safe from fear of death  Boromir  Represents Kingdom of South  Horn as heirloom  Begins book with horn in tact  Horn a symbol for a hunter  Brash, inflexible  Afraid of unexpected  Brags, “Bulwark of the West”  Takes Quest from Faramir  Interrups Elrond at Council  Vote must be 8 to 1

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Comparison of Characters  Boromir  Desires Ring for himself  Psychological fall  Leads to physical fall (Bk 3)  Boromir  Throws rock into water in front of Moria gates, brings Monster  Boromir  “When heads are at a loss, bodies must serve”  Saruman  Desires Ring for himself  Psychological fall  Leads to physical fall (Bk 3)  Pippin  Throws rock down well, brings orcs  Sam  “Your legs are too short, so use your head”

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Settings Winter -- Dying world  Hollin  Moria  Lorien  Argonath Timeless  Rivendell  Lorien

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Timeless worlds  Rivendell  Place of healing  Frodo’s wound  Past is learned  Juxtaposed young/old  Songs of the past  Lorien  Place of healing  Grief over Gandalf’s death  Future is learned  Juxtaposed views of tree  Song re/Gandalf

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Themes  Declining World  Choices  Frodo’s  Gandalf’s  Boromir’s  Visions, predictability  Boromir’s message  Mirror of Galadriel  Frodo on Amon Hen

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Parallels  Begins and ends with question of what to do with the Ring? Who will take it?  Begins with Frodo’s choice to take Ring / Ends with Frodo’s choice to take Ring  Begins with forming of Fellowship, ends with breaking of Fellowship  Killing of horses at the end of Bk 1, killing of the winged creature at the end of Bk 2  Boromir blows horn to start out, blows horn again to summon aid at the end

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Parallels  Psychological falls of Saruman and Boromir  Deaths of Gandalf and Boromir (Bk 3)  Hollin abandoned by elves, Moria by dwarves  Rivendell and Lorien doomed worlds  South decadent, North true heroic world  Winter world vs. Spring world in Book 3

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Motifs  Gifts  Bilbo’s gifts to Frodo  Mithril  Sting, Frodo to withdraw it from wood  Galadriel’s gifts  Phial to Frodo  Ties Frodo to Beren, Feanor, Silmarils, Two Trees  Gandalf’s description of Frodo “like a glass filled with clear light”  Soil to Sam  Elfstone and scabbard to Aragorn

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 1 Songs Hobbits  Bilbo “Earendil” “I sit beside the fire and think”  Frodo/Sam “When evening in the Shire” Elves  Elbereth in elvish  Mithrandir  “I sang of leaves”  “Ai! Laurie lantar lassi surinen!” Aragorn “All that is gold” Boromir “Seek for the Sword” Gimli “The World was young” Legolas “Nimrodel”

Fellowship of the Ring – Book 2 Elvish  Quenta  Spoken in Valinor  Derived using Latin rules  Sample: the constellation Orion  menel makar  heaven’s sword  Sindarin  Spoken in MiddleEarth  Derived using Welsh rules  Orion means heaven’s sword  menel vagor  heaven’s sword