Mgr. Miluše Jedlinská

Bachelor's thesis

Fall and Mortality in the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien

Fall and Mortality in the Fiction of J. R. R. Tolkien
Abstract:
This thesis is an analysis of two recurrent motifs in Tolkien’s fiction – Fall and Mortality. The main ideas of the thesis pursued through Tolkien’s fiction are: the Fall is a means of achieving a greater glory of creation; when trying to do good, one can also fall; an unnatural prolongation of life should not be attempted; Death is our curse but also our blessing.
 

Keywords

Tolkien fall mortality immortality death as a gift The Silmarillion Elves Númenor The Lord of the Rings Melkor Middle-earth Valinor
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 2. 6. 2008
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/yjj01/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 4. 6. 2008
  • Supervisor: doc. Michael Matthew Kaylor, PhD.

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