DIRECT Symbolism in LOTR - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Michael Wilhelmson · 01-15-2005, 12:23 PM

Hello, fellow literary scholars, and welcome to the first thread dedicated to direct symbolism, parallelism and allegory involving J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (including Simarillion, Hobbit, etc.) Feel welcome to test your opinions about the direct meanings of these amazing "fantasy" novels that can give us new views about the modern world.

THIS THREAD IS FOR CONJECTURE ONLY! NO SERIOUS DEBUNKING!

First of all, I would like to start this thread off by giving a few of direct relationships I have noticed involving the LOTR political climate:

Gondor --> A kingless kingdom --> Britain?
Isildur --> A king who gave fell due to temptation --> Edward
Denethor --> An ineffective "steward of the state --> Chamberlain
Faramir --> A true steward --> Churchill
Seige of Gondor --> A great state seiged for many years --> Battle of Britain

Isengard --> A place of wisdom fallen into darkness --> Germany
Uruk-Hai --> "Superior orc-men" --> Nazis
Ents --> A pacifistic society brought to rage by war --> America?
Rohan --> A mobile agrarian state who enters late --> America
Theoden --> A crippled leader at first --> FDR (Crippled by public isolationism)

Feel free to dispute or support!

01-15-2005, 12:23 PM	#1
Michael Wilhelmson Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: IL Posts: 16	DIRECT Symbolism in LOTR Hello, fellow literary scholars, and welcome to the first thread dedicated to direct symbolism, parallelism and allegory involving J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings (including Simarillion, Hobbit, etc.) Feel welcome to test your opinions about the direct meanings of these amazing "fantasy" novels that can give us new views about the modern world. THIS THREAD IS FOR CONJECTURE ONLY! NO SERIOUS DEBUNKING! First of all, I would like to start this thread off by giving a few of direct relationships I have noticed involving the LOTR political climate: Gondor --> A kingless kingdom --> Britain? Isildur --> A king who gave fell due to temptation --> Edward Denethor --> An ineffective "steward of the state --> Chamberlain Faramir --> A true steward --> Churchill Seige of Gondor --> A great state seiged for many years --> Battle of Britain Isengard --> A place of wisdom fallen into darkness --> Germany Uruk-Hai --> "Superior orc-men" --> Nazis Ents --> A pacifistic society brought to rage by war --> America? Rohan --> A mobile agrarian state who enters late --> America Theoden --> A crippled leader at first --> FDR (Crippled by public isolationism) Feel free to dispute or support!