1. Lord of the Ring The Two Towers BOOK 4

2. The Two Towers – Book 4 Plot Summary ä Gollum ä Journey – Dead Marches ä Ithilien, Faramir ä Minas Morgul ä Shelob ä Choices of Sam

3. The Two Towers – Book 4 New Characters Faramir

4. The Two Towers – Book 4 Monsters and other Creatures ä Gollum, Smeagol ä Ringwraiths ä Shelob

5. The Two Towers – Book 4 Important Objects ä Phial of Galadriel ä Connection to other stories and to all other lights

6. The Two Towers – Book 4 Settings Wasteland ä Desolate, barren, bleak landscape ä Bad smell: Dead Marshes, Shelob ä Jagged mountains, minimal vegetable growth ä Nightmare quality, endless stairs Ithilien ä demi-Eden amid wasteland

7. The Two Towers – Book 4 New Worlds ä Mordor

8. The Two Towers – Book 4 Themes ä Mercy / Pity ä Frodo’s pity for Gollum ä Schizophrenia / two sided characters ä Gollum/Smeagol ä Parallel between Frodo and Sam ä Parallel between Frodo and Gollum ä Facing shadow self

9. The Two Towers – Book 4 Parallels ä Three hunters in Book 3 ä diversity ä Sword, ax, and bow ä Three travelers ä similarities ä Frodo, Sam, and Gollum ä Hobbits ä Merry and Pippin captured by Orcs, highlight of quest ä Frodo and Sam captured, just part of larger quest

10. The Two Towers – Book 4 Parallels ä Books 4 and 6 ä Wasteland world ä Little action, mostly psychological characterization ä Man against nature, landscape ä Books 3 and 5 ä Green world ä Action filled, mostly significant actions, like battles ä Man against other beings

11. The Two Towers – Book 4 Parallels ä Graveyards ä Dead Marshes, battlefield of Last Alliance ä Mounds in front of Edoras ä Barrow Wights near the Old Forest ä Wounds ä Frodo’s second wound from Shelob ä First was from Nazgul on Weathertop

12. The Two Towers – Book 4 Motifs ä Triangle ä Frodo, Sam, Gollum ä Glory as antidote to death ä Individual story/quest/trials only part of larger Quest/history of world