The Hobbit Trolls - A Clever Parody? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Balfrog · 05-09-2017, 08:21 PM

Well eighty years have passed – and I haven't ever seen a decent explanation published on why Tolkien named The Hobbit trolls – 'Bill, Bert and Tom'. Ms. Seth has come up with a brand new idea and claims it was based on a parody of three Elizabethan playwrights: William Shakespeare, Robert Greene & Thomas Nashe - apparently reflecting a famous incident. There are certainly strengths to the proposition; but I'll let the reader decide whether her solution “fits like a glove”!

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05-09-2017, 08:21 PM	#1
Balfrog Haunting Spirit Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 87	The Hobbit Trolls - A Clever Parody? Well eighty years have passed – and I haven't ever seen a decent explanation published on why Tolkien named The Hobbit trolls – 'Bill, Bert and Tom'. Ms. Seth has come up with a brand new idea and claims it was based on a parody of three Elizabethan playwrights: William Shakespeare, Robert Greene & Thomas Nashe - apparently reflecting a famous incident. There are certainly strengths to the proposition; but I'll let the reader decide whether her solution “fits like a glove”! https://priyasethtolkienfan.wordpres...lorful-pair-4/