ENG 222 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Gollum, Hobbit, Fairy
11 Apr 2016
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Very symmetrical (the landscape: symbolism: the front is day the back is night. It is ascending up to the mountain (the journey to the lonely mountain: the imagery interprets there and back again (the same journey there and back but with different atmospheres. Actual locations in the book (lonely mountain, castles) It is abstracted (in realities trees do not have the same space in between, with identical roots, etc. ) Gandalf giving farewell and saying don"t leave the path (pg. Chapter 8: tolkien expecting readers to be familiar with this from fairy tale traditions (ex: little red) His commitment to world building (setting) is new! (wanted to create an english legend since most are german etc. ) The setting plays an active role in the thought and the development of characters: an obstacle to be over come (it has to be thorny, difficult, and scary)
