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To appreciate J.R.R. Tolkien, we must understand his beloved Middle-Earth. With his artistry, we received an amazing fantasy that provided lessons on bravery, courage, and most importantly, friendship. In this era of capitalist society, Tolkien provides a bonding ground of companionship through his work. The latest Amazon Prime web series, entitled The Rings of Power, is yet another big hit in the name of Tolkien.
John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic. There is no other work than the eminent The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, which remains an amazing classic for all ages.
Even in the times of G.R.R. Martin and Sarah J. Maas, its beautiful scenery, courageous characters, and humble yet remarkable friendships stand tall.
Tolkien gave readers of every age group, from teenagers to grown-up adults, the fantasy they never knew they needed. The highlight of the trilogy is the setting of the story. Its prequels, The Hobbit and The Simarillion are set before the era of The Lord of the Rings. The ages of the majestic Middle Earth or Arda speak for themselves.
In today’s technologically advanced cinematic experience, one needs to read the books to appreciate the marvelous of Tolkien’s words. The need to visualize those words into action on a television screen and do justice to them is a rough path to take.
Middle Earth of Tolkien
The Middle Earth of Tolkien goes through multiple ages. One age lasts several millenniums. Each age has a distinct characteristic, and each of them is linked to one another. Tolkien provides a clear path for the story to develop in Middle Earth without the loss of any actual plot.
It has a lot to do with that, which is changed depending on the audience and the needs of the movie.
The language, the words and syllables written by Tolkien that provide accurate justice to the developing plot, characters and the landscape of Middle Earth have been proven time and time again. No modern cinematic attempt can do what his words do.
Middle Earth’s language is a tongue twister that enthrals and fascinates the reader as much as it irritates them.
There is no doubt about it being of a higher level. Language has played an important role in the explanation of Middle Earth, whether in The Silmarillion or The Trilogy.
The Ages of Middle Earth
The First Age of Middle Earth has been shown in the novel The Silmarillion. The descending of elves, the highest of Eldars, the most beloved, followed by the dwarves and the finding of men on earth, is the most beautiful phase of Middle Earth. The corruption of Middle Earth begins with the arrival of Sauron the Deceiver.Â
He brings orcs and beasts to destroy Tolkien’s Middle Earth as it stands dear to the Elders. His forging of many rings of power as a gift for witches and wizards, dwarves and men, dooms our beloved Middle Earth.
There is no greater deceptor than Sauron himself. No other writer has come close to what Tolkien wrote in the 1954 Trilogy.
Most people think it is The Silmarillion that came first, but technically it came after Tolkien’s demise. It was his son, Christopher Tolkien, who brought forth his father’s unpublished works, which included The Silamrillion, The Unfinished Tales, and On Fairy-Stories.
Tolkien’s Middle Earth is magnanimous in its own way and finds ways to reach people’s hearts. In The Silmarillion, it is the first age of Middle Earth, lush with its beautiful mineral resources and greater friendships.
In The Hobbit, we see a mix of old fights between dwarves and elves, in which men and hobbits play an important part.
Different books are set in different ages. And their cinematic representation is linked to that. When we watch The Hobbit, we find it at the almost end of the Third Age of Middle Earth, which then comes to an end with the finale of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, paving the way to the Fourth Age of Middle Earth-the Age of Men.
The Silmarillion is set in the First Age of Middle Earth, and its events are found to be the cause of aggressive actions during the Third Age of Middle Earth. But now we have a visualization The Rings of Power of events that occurred during the Second Age of Middle Earth. Other rings of power given by Sauron the Deceiver to witches and wizards (5 rings), dwarves (7 rings), and men (9 rings) can be found here.
The oddity of the number of rings bequeaths the magnanimity of the evil that Sauron is. His is the One Ring, and his desire to rule them all is at the heart of the destruction of all that is good and beautiful in Middle Earth. He set out to destroy that which he could not rule.
The final verdict on Middle Earth
Despite the adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien’s novels, it is the books that still tend to steal the show. Since many directors and producers are limited by time and length, scriptwriters have to shorten the original story, which sometimes takes away from how amazing Tolkien’s world is.
Just as Eowen, Princess of Rohan, says to Merry, “take heart Merry, soon this will all be over”. We should all realize that if courage and friendship, which were at the heart of Tolkien’s masterpiece, aren’t taught and shown the right way on screen, it will be a huge injustice.
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