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Symbolism of the Ring

Symbolism of the Ring:
The Embodiment of Evil

"One Ring to rule them all,
One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all
and in the Darkness bind them"
(1 LotR II,2 The Council of Elrond)

One of the masters of British Literature, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien has
the unique ability to create a fantasy world in which exists a nearly
endless supply of parallelisms to reality. By mastering his own world and
his own language and becoming one with his fantasy, Tolkien is able to
create wonderful symbolism and meaning out of what would otherwise be
considered nonsense. Thus, when one decides to study The Ruling Ring, or
The One Ring, in Tolkien's trilogy "Lord of the Rings", one must not simply
perform an examination of the ring itself, but rather a complex analysis of
the events which take place from the time of the ring's creation until the
time of its destruction. Concurrently, to......

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