The Lord of The Rings

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The Lord of The Rings

• An artifact that changed the course of culture in
  some way of its own.

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Tolkiens own cover design for the three books of
LOTR
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Overview

• What the topic demands?(4-5)
• How LOTR fits into the topic
• 1. Brief description(6-9)
• 2. Influences(10)
• 3. Reception(11-15)
• 4. Legacy(16-21)
• 5. Conclusion(22)
• 6. References(23)

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An artifact that changed the course of culture in
some way of its own.

• Culture It involves anything in practice and has
  to be cultivated.
• Not necessarily only literature or art related.

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• Candidates can be anything which changed the
  thought or action of people in any field.
• Music Hindi Rock.
• Sports 20-20 or the IPL
• Computer Science Linux, Google.
• Academics IITs, the coaching culture for IITs.

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LOTR

• Author J. R. R. Tolkein
• Genres High fantasy, adventure novel.
• Volumes 1. The Fellowship of the Ring
• 2. The Twin Towers.
• 3. The Return of the King
• Published in 1954-55.

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• The title refers to the chief antagonist Sauron,
  the creator of the one ring that rules the other
  rings of power.
• Defeated 3000 years from the storys present
  time.
• Now regaining power and desired the Ring of
  Power.

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Influences

• Influenced by Tolkiens interest in philology,
  religion, fairy tales, William Morris and the
  Anglo-Saxon poem Beowulf.
• The shire influenced by the countryside around
  Stonyhurst college in Lancashire where Tolkien
  stayed during 1940s.

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Reception

• Got both positive and negative reviews.
• Reviews range from excellent to terrible.

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Positive Criticism

• Sunday Telegraph quoted among the greatest works
  of imaginative fiction of the twentieth century.
• Sunday Times wrote the English-speaking world is
  divided into those who have read The Lord of the
  Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to
  read them.

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Positive Criticism

• W. H. Auden regarded it as a masterpiece .
• In some cases it even outdid the achievements of
  Paradise lost.

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Negative Criticism

• New York Times reviewer Judith Shulevitz critized
  formulated a high-minded belief in the
  importance of his mission as a literary
  preservationist, which turns out to be death to
  literature itself.
• C. S. Lewis wrote, "here are beauties which
  pierce like swords or burn like cold iron. Here
  is a book which will break your heart."

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Negative Criticism

• Some critics considered it as racist.
• Critics also saw social class as being the
  determinant factor between good and evil.

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Legacy

• On fantasy genre
• On Music
• On Mass Media
• On popular culture

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On Fantasy Genre

• Expanded the demand for fantasy fiction.
• The word Tolkienesque added to the oxford
  dictionary.
• Several video games like Dungeons and Dragons,
  Warcraft inspired by it.
• The alternate plurals for elf and dwarf (-ves
  instead of fs) popularised.

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On Music

• Inspired lyrically and musically the Rock Bands
  of 70s.
• Classical and New Age musicians also inspired.

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On Mass Media

• Adapted four times for radio
• The movie series Lord of The Rings .
• The second movie The Twin Towers broke 1 billion
  dollar barrier and won 11 oscars.
• Also adapted for stage performances.

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On Popular Culture

• Frodo lives and Gandalf for the President
  were famous among the people.
• Computer, video and tabletop games have been made
  based on it.

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A man with a tatoo of Lord Saurans helmet
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Conclusion

• Considering the above mentioned effects of LOTR
  on the society, I acknowledge LOTR to be a
  perfect candidate to fit into what is demanded by
  the topic.

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References

• http//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LOTR
• The book The Lord Of the Rings by J. R. R.
  Tolkien.
• http//images.google.co.in/imghp?hlentabwi.
• The movie series The Lord Of The Rings

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