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Philosophy Essay: Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is one of the most famous and most loves fantasy novel trilogies of all time. The author J. R. R. Tolkien wrote the trilogy as a form of entertainment as well as being a medium to express his own philosophies and opinions about life and human beings. The Lord of the Rings is a fictional story which takes place in a land known as “Middle-earth.” In this land there are various fantasy-based races: elves, dwarves, hobbits, goblins, orcs, ants (trees), trolls, undead, and of course humans. The main protagonist, Sauron, produced many rings of power. He gave nine rings to humans, seven rings to the dwarves, and three rings to the elves. Being “the reincarnation of evil”, Sauron creates a special ring for himself to control all other rings of power (with the exception of the three rings given to the elves). This ring, which future reference will be known as “The Ring” is the symbol of complete power in The Lord of the Rings (LOTR for future reference). Tolkien uses this scenario to develop his ideas about how different characters under different situations and influences would react to such power.
This essay’s purpose is to examine the effects of The Ring on the characters of LOTR and the philosophies illustrated by these reactions. In a very introductory way this essay will examine power, morality and choice as it relates to The Ring and human beings. The initial task will be to introduce relevant historical philosophical concepts as recorded by Plato is his famous dialogue known as The Republic. Then we will examine various characters from LOTR and how they react when they come in contact with The Ring. During this examination I will refer back to the concepts proposed in The Republic to give a backbone for the interpretations made about the character’s reactions. Finally, well will example the overall temptation of the ring and how to prevent oneself from letting power corrupt the soul.
Plato’s Dialogue: The Republic
The Republic is a famous dialogue which addresses the issue of morality and the all-important question: Why be moral? The participating sides in the dialogue were the Socrates supporting the moral life and Glaucon and Adimantus play the role of the devil’s advocate, supporting the immoral life. The overwhelming problem for the Socrates in the dialogue is how the immoral life appears to be more rewarding than the moral life. At face value, immorality leads to wealth, power and fame while the moral life leads to poverty, powerlessness and abuse. As a result the Socrates have a hard time defending themselves versus the very convincing Glaucon argument.
Glaucon recalls the story of Gyges. In this story Gyges, a lowly shepherd, discovers a ring which renders the wearer invisible. He decides to use this power for personal enrichment rather than goodwill. He ends up seducing the queen of the kingdom to kill the king and finally becomes the ruler himself. Using the age-old story, Glaucon concludes that even a moral man will eventually become immoral as long as he believes he cannot be punished for his actions. Glaucon then proposes the ideal of morality is meant as a balance between unlimited power and powerlessness but fails to produce anything “good”. Glaucon’s conclusion to the question: Why be moral? The moral life is the life chosen by the weak.
Before too much damage could be done Plato steps into the dialogue supporting the moral life. His counter-argument is that the immoral life leads to the corruption of the soul. Signs of this kind of corruption are given as mental and emotional anguish and loneliness. On the other hand, he states that the moral like leads to inner peace and the salvation of the soul. This is the sole reason why a person should choose the moral life over outward pleasure.
LOTR Characters and The Ring
The major controlling component behind the reactions of the characters in LOTR is choice. Each character that comes in contact with The Ring is presented with a choice: to accept, to reject, or to remain indifferent. In this essay I will analyze the following characters with a small description of their significance in LOTR: Gollum, Boromir, Galadiel, Frodo, and Tom Bombadil. Tolkien uses the characters of the LOTR to express his views on how a moral person would act when in contact with power and why one should be moral. The purpose of the section is to not only identify these reactions but to identify the reasons for these reactions.
The first character we shall analyze is Boromir. In LOTR he is a human nobleman fighting for Gondor (the city of the king). He is one of the sons of the current ruler of Gondor. Boromir represents Glaucon’s idea of a moral man. His corruption comes in the fact that he saw The Ring as a tool to defeat Sauron. This closely represent Gyges because as long as you wipe out your enemies, you have not punishment to receive. The positive side of this character’s reaction is that he dies defending the protagonist, Frodo. This is significant because it leaves the idea that The Ring can be overcome in the open.
Gollum on the other hand perfectly illustrates Plato’s and Tolkien’s views on what happens to a man when he allows his soul to become corrupt. Gollum was once a hobbit (like Frodo and Sam) but when he comes in contact with The Ring he becomes totally corrupted by The Ring’s power. This encounter occurs before the opening scene in the LOTR so when we find him in the LOTR he has been corrupted far beyond repair. His lust for The Ring causes him great mental anguish as well as physical decoy. He even goes as far as to place his soul into The Ring and refers to himself in the plural as if he no longer exists. Interestingly enough, Gollum kills to obtain The Ring and ends up dying to keep The Ring.
Galadriel the Lady of Lothlorien is the representation of a strong moral person and is one of the most powerful elves in the LOTR. Frodo in his innocence offers to freely give The Ring to Galadriel whom is greatly tempted by its power. At first she longs to take the rings from Frodo but finally rejects The Ring and decides to “remain Galadriel .” Her significance in LOTR is that she was presented with a choice and chose to reject the ring or at least to “remain” or stay indifferent to its temptation.
In LOTR there are three hobbits (aside from Gollum) that have significant philosophical meaning in their reactions to The Ring. The first hobbit, Frodo, is the protagonist of the LOTR. He is the single character who has the greatest contact with The Ring. His principle job is to destroy The Ring. His character most closely follows Glaucon’s description of a moral man. Any man under progressive exposure to power will eventually give into it. Indeed, Frodo eventually does give into the temptation at the end of the LOTR. The second and most unusual character is Tom Bombadil. He was never cast in the movie although for this essay he has great importance. When Tom puts The Ring on nothing happens. Your first thought about this may be that Tom is too powerless for The Ring to work. But this is not the case since Tom is described as the “master of wood, water and hill.” Later we are told that Tom is “is his own master. But he cannot alter The Ring itself, nor break its power over others.” The importance is in the fact that The Ring has no power over those who are their own masters. This also remains true with the remaining part of the quote by saying that only you can master yourself, no one can master you for you. Therefore Tom and Galadriel show us the first way to avoid the corruption of the soul: To master and remain oneself.
Temptation, Will, and Selflessness
In LOTR almost all the characters have a strong desire for this power held in The Ring. For this reason we can consider The Ring as a fetish because a fetish is a produced object which one has an uncontrollable desire for. A fetish is usually treated as if it has a soul of its own and is completely separated from its surroundings. The character best displaying this occurrence is Gollum who places is soul into The Ring. This is because when you have “nothing,” the “something” you have becomes so dear to you that you begin to fetishize it and place your soul into it.
One proposed solution is gift-giving. As stated before, the fetishizer will place part of or all of his soul into the fetish. Gift-giving keeps oneself selfless and keeps oneself from attaching themselves to an object. It is selfishness which causes obsessions in the first place and an obvious way to counter selfishness is through selfless acts of giving. In LOTR Galadriel gives the gift of a star to Frodo after she rejects The Ring. It was meant to “light your darkest hour” and was a symbol of her victory over the obsession. Another solution proposed is to keep all objects with the context of its surroundings. No object is separate from its surroundings. In LOTR, Treebeard (an ant or tree) names a “hill” in relation to its surroundings. The actual name used is given no English translation but the significance is to put all this in perspective so that no one object can be raised above all other objects. Likewise, Sam (Frodo’s companion) finds a lost rope and begins to be mesmerized be its “ropeness.” But after a quick reality check given by Frodo to stop “chattering,” Sam relates the rope to its origins and its purpose which breaks the fetish.
Conclusion
Tolkien uses his best-selling trilogy to describe his views of morality and power. Through his characters he tells us that we all have a choice when confronted with a temptation. He shows us that it is possible to resist temptation but only if one “is his own master.” Tom Bombadil is the major character hope shows us that if you can master yourself, and accept who you are, you can resist the temptation of immoral pleasure. Similarly, Galadriel shows that is one “remains oneself” (i.e. to accept ones place in life) you can overcome temptation. This power to choose comes directly from the awareness of oneself—being aware of one’s abilities and limits. Tolkien ultimately agrees with Plato’s view that one should choose the moral life by showing us the pain the immoral characters eventually receive and the peace the moral characters eventually achieve.
The temptation or obsession in the Lord of the Rings is power. It is more than just a coincidence that humans were given nine rings of power and LOTR portrays humans as being obsessed with power. The characters in the LOTR that avoid this obsession are those who give selflessly and keep objects of power within perspective. This gift-giving is shown by Galadriel’s gift of the star to Frodo. The relating of objects to its surroundings is shown through Treebeard’s naming of a hill and Sam’s de-fetishizing of the rope.
The message we should take from The Ring is that a man should choose the moral life if given the choice. It ultimately leads to inner and possibly outward peace. Gift-giving and contextualization makes ones will toward morality stronger. The only complete way to make this choice to be moral is through the awareness of one’s being.
هذا مقال عن احد افلامي المفضله The Lord Of The Ring
Philosophy Essay: Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings is one of the most famous and most loves fantasy novel trilogies of all time. The author J. R. R. Tolkien wrote the trilogy as a form of entertainment as well as being a medium to express his own philosophies and opinions about life and human beings. The Lord of the Rings is a fictional story which takes place in a land known as “Middle-earth.” In this land there are various fantasy-based races: elves, dwarves, hobbits, goblins, orcs, ants (trees), trolls, undead, and of course humans. The main protagonist, Sauron, produced many rings of power. He gave nine rings to humans, seven rings to the dwarves, and three rings to the elves. Being “the reincarnation of evil”, Sauron creates a special ring for himself to control all other rings of power (with the exception of the three rings given to the elves). This ring, which future reference will be known as “The Ring” is the symbol of complete power in The Lord of the Rings (LOTR for future reference). Tolkien uses this scenario to develop his ideas about how different characters under different situations and influences would react to such power.
This essay’s purpose is to examine the effects of The Ring on the characters of LOTR and the philosophies illustrated by these reactions. In a very introductory way this essay will examine power, morality and choice as it relates to The Ring and human beings. The initial task will be to introduce relevant historical philosophical concepts as recorded by Plato is his famous dialogue known as The Republic. Then we will examine various characters from LOTR and how they react when they come in contact with The Ring. During this examination I will refer back to the concepts proposed in The Republic to give a backbone for the interpretations made about the character’s reactions. Finally, well will example the overall temptation of the ring and how to prevent oneself from letting power corrupt the soul.
Plato’s Dialogue: The Republic
The Republic is a famous dialogue which addresses the issue of morality and the all-important question: Why be moral? The participating sides in the dialogue were the Socrates supporting the moral life and Glaucon and Adimantus play the role of the devil’s advocate, supporting the immoral life. The overwhelming problem for the Socrates in the dialogue is how the immoral life appears to be more rewarding than the moral life. At face value, immorality leads to wealth, power and fame while the moral life leads to poverty, powerlessness and abuse. As a result the Socrates have a hard time defending themselves versus the very convincing Glaucon argument.
Glaucon recalls the story of Gyges. In this story Gyges, a lowly shepherd, discovers a ring which renders the wearer invisible. He decides to use this power for personal enrichment rather than goodwill. He ends up seducing the queen of the kingdom to kill the king and finally becomes the ruler himself. Using the age-old story, Glaucon concludes that even a moral man will eventually become immoral as long as he believes he cannot be punished for his actions. Glaucon then proposes the ideal of morality is meant as a balance between unlimited power and powerlessness but fails to produce anything “good”. Glaucon’s conclusion to the question: Why be moral? The moral life is the life chosen by the weak.
Before too much damage could be done Plato steps into the dialogue supporting the moral life. His counter-argument is that the immoral life leads to the corruption of the soul. Signs of this kind of corruption are given as mental and emotional anguish and loneliness. On the other hand, he states that the moral like leads to inner peace and the salvation of the soul. This is the sole reason why a person should choose the moral life over outward pleasure.
LOTR Characters and The Ring
The major controlling component behind the reactions of the characters in LOTR is choice. Each character that comes in contact with The Ring is presented with a choice: to accept, to reject, or to remain indifferent. In this essay I will analyze the following characters with a small description of their significance in LOTR: Gollum, Boromir, Galadiel, Frodo, and Tom Bombadil. Tolkien uses the characters of the LOTR to express his views on how a moral person would act when in contact with power and why one should be moral. The purpose of the section is to not only identify these reactions but to identify the reasons for these reactions.
The first character we shall analyze is Boromir. In LOTR he is a human nobleman fighting for Gondor (the city of the king). He is one of the sons of the current ruler of Gondor. Boromir represents Glaucon’s idea of a moral man. His corruption comes in the fact that he saw The Ring as a tool to defeat Sauron. This closely represent Gyges because as long as you wipe out your enemies, you have not punishment to receive. The positive side of this character’s reaction is that he dies defending the protagonist, Frodo. This is significant because it leaves the idea that The Ring can be overcome in the open.
Gollum on the other hand perfectly illustrates Plato’s and Tolkien’s views on what happens to a man when he allows his soul to become corrupt. Gollum was once a hobbit (like Frodo and Sam) but when he comes in contact with The Ring he becomes totally corrupted by The Ring’s power. This encounter occurs before the opening scene in the LOTR so when we find him in the LOTR he has been corrupted far beyond repair. His lust for The Ring causes him great mental anguish as well as physical decoy. He even goes as far as to place his soul into The Ring and refers to himself in the plural as if he no longer exists. Interestingly enough, Gollum kills to obtain The Ring and ends up dying to keep The Ring.
Galadriel the Lady of Lothlorien is the representation of a strong moral person and is one of the most powerful elves in the LOTR. Frodo in his innocence offers to freely give The Ring to Galadriel whom is greatly tempted by its power. At first she longs to take the rings from Frodo but finally rejects The Ring and decides to “remain Galadriel .” Her significance in LOTR is that she was presented with a choice and chose to reject the ring or at least to “remain” or stay indifferent to its temptation.
In LOTR there are three hobbits (aside from Gollum) that have significant philosophical meaning in their reactions to The Ring. The first hobbit, Frodo, is the protagonist of the LOTR. He is the single character who has the greatest contact with The Ring. His principle job is to destroy The Ring. His character most closely follows Glaucon’s description of a moral man. Any man under progressive exposure to power will eventually give into it. Indeed, Frodo eventually does give into the temptation at the end of the LOTR. The second and most unusual character is Tom Bombadil. He was never cast in the movie although for this essay he has great importance. When Tom puts The Ring on nothing happens. Your first thought about this may be that Tom is too powerless for The Ring to work. But this is not the case since Tom is described as the “master of wood, water and hill.” Later we are told that Tom is “is his own master. But he cannot alter The Ring itself, nor break its power over others.” The importance is in the fact that The Ring has no power over those who are their own masters. This also remains true with the remaining part of the quote by saying that only you can master yourself, no one can master you for you. Therefore Tom and Galadriel show us the first way to avoid the corruption of the soul: To master and remain oneself.
Temptation, Will, and Selflessness
In LOTR almost all the characters have a strong desire for this power held in The Ring. For this reason we can consider The Ring as a fetish because a fetish is a produced object which one has an uncontrollable desire for. A fetish is usually treated as if it has a soul of its own and is completely separated from its surroundings. The character best displaying this occurrence is Gollum who places is soul into The Ring. This is because when you have “nothing,” the “something” you have becomes so dear to you that you begin to fetishize it and place your soul into it.
One proposed solution is gift-giving. As stated before, the fetishizer will place part of or all of his soul into the fetish. Gift-giving keeps oneself selfless and keeps oneself from attaching themselves to an object. It is selfishness which causes obsessions in the first place and an obvious way to counter selfishness is through selfless acts of giving. In LOTR Galadriel gives the gift of a star to Frodo after she rejects The Ring. It was meant to “light your darkest hour” and was a symbol of her victory over the obsession. Another solution proposed is to keep all objects with the context of its surroundings. No object is separate from its surroundings. In LOTR, Treebeard (an ant or tree) names a “hill” in relation to its surroundings. The actual name used is given no English translation but the significance is to put all this in perspective so that no one object can be raised above all other objects. Likewise, Sam (Frodo’s companion) finds a lost rope and begins to be mesmerized be its “ropeness.” But after a quick reality check given by Frodo to stop “chattering,” Sam relates the rope to its origins and its purpose which breaks the fetish.
Conclusion
Tolkien uses his best-selling trilogy to describe his views of morality and power. Through his characters he tells us that we all have a choice when confronted with a temptation. He shows us that it is possible to resist temptation but only if one “is his own master.” Tom Bombadil is the major character hope shows us that if you can master yourself, and accept who you are, you can resist the temptation of immoral pleasure. Similarly, Galadriel shows that is one “remains oneself” (i.e. to accept ones place in life) you can overcome temptation. This power to choose comes directly from the awareness of oneself—being aware of one’s abilities and limits. Tolkien ultimately agrees with Plato’s view that one should choose the moral life by showing us the pain the immoral characters eventually receive and the peace the moral characters eventually achieve.
The temptation or obsession in the Lord of the Rings is power. It is more than just a coincidence that humans were given nine rings of power and LOTR portrays humans as being obsessed with power. The characters in the LOTR that avoid this obsession are those who give selflessly and keep objects of power within perspective. This gift-giving is shown by Galadriel’s gift of the star to Frodo. The relating of objects to its surroundings is shown through Treebeard’s naming of a hill and Sam’s de-fetishizing of the rope.
The message we should take from The Ring is that a man should choose the moral life if given the choice. It ultimately leads to inner and possibly outward peace. Gift-giving and contextualization makes ones will toward morality stronger. The only complete way to make this choice to be moral is through the awareness of one’s being.
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