God and Lord of the RIngs - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Iarwain · 02-06-2003, 09:31 PM

Hmm, well, I'm with Saucepan on the whole "Lord of the Rings is based on Religion" topic. It does provide a wonderful allegorical set up, but I am sure that he did not write it as a model of the Christain faith any more than he wrote it as an Allegory of September 11 (ridiculous, I know). His thoughts and beliefs were reflected onto his work of mythology, along with the turmoil in the world around him, and his experiences from WWI.

However, this does not mean that you do not have a wonderful system of symbolism going on, just be careful about what you say that the author was writing about in his story. This is no Animal Farm were working with, and though good, consistent symbolism can be found throughout the story, we should not directly persume that it is the allegory that the author was trying to get across to the reader. That said, what does everyone think of the system of symbolism displayed in this thread?

02-06-2003, 09:31 PM	#18
Iarwain Pugnaciously Primordial Paradox Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Birnham Wood Posts: 800	Hmm, well, I'm with Saucepan on the whole "Lord of the Rings is based on Religion" topic. It does provide a wonderful allegorical set up, but I am sure that he did not write it as a model of the Christain faith any more than he wrote it as an Allegory of September 11 (ridiculous, I know). His thoughts and beliefs were reflected onto his work of mythology, along with the turmoil in the world around him, and his experiences from WWI. However, this does not mean that you do not have a wonderful system of symbolism going on, just be careful about what you say that the author was writing about in his story. This is no Animal Farm were working with, and though good, consistent symbolism can be found throughout the story, we should not directly persume that it is the allegory that the author was trying to get across to the reader. That said, what does everyone think of the system of symbolism displayed in this thread? __________________ "And what are oaths but words we say to God?"