Re: What Themes Does Lord Of The Rings Have
the lord of the rings bears the themes of carnage and casualty, friendship and loyalty, and that as great evil purges the lands, as it does in many cases today, shall eventually be defeated. Although I cannot do your report report for you, you can use these presented themes on it.
There are too many:
Wisdom and knowledge - Frodo and his companions rely upon the wisdom and knowledge of their protectors. Like Gandalf, Elrond, Tom Bombadil, Legolas, Galadriel, etc.
Sight and surveillance - The Eye of Sauron, The Mirror of Galadriel, the Black Riders, etc. The characters are always in danger and you feel like they will be attacked now and then.
Fate - Fate brought the Ring to Bilbo from Gollum, then afterwards fate brought the Ring to Frodo. Almost every event in LOTR were driven by fate.
Individual responsibility - Frodo knew for himself that he is the Ringbearer and it is his responsibility to bring the Ring to Mt. Doom and destroy it. Sam knows that he has a responsibility for his Master. The 3 hunters (Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli) knows that they still have responsibilities for the Fellowship and so they had to look for Merry and Pip. There are many more out there.
Power - hehe, this is the most important. I don't think it needs some explanation anymore.
Heroism and Honor vs. Cowardice and Deception - Boromir tried to take the Ring from Frodo but he redeemed himself and still ended up as a hero to his end. For their part, the members of the Fellowship (Aragorn and Frodo, most notably) are honorable in their concealing of Boromir's crime. The burial at sea is also a noble act. The evil characters are cowardly traitors. Gollum/Sméagol, Saruman, Grishnákh etc. however could happily and readily betray their Masters just to gain the Ring for themselves. This theme also works for the Army of the Dead, they lost their honor for running away and abandoning Isildur at the War of the Last Alliance because of fear and cowardice.
Nature vs. Industry - The rape of Isengard in "The Two Towers". The Ents and the nearby River completely destroyed the Caverns of Isengard and all the industrial works there were eternally ruined.
Conservation and Heritage - The present generation has an obligation to take care of its own problems and not leave them to the next generation to sort out. This wasn't achieved at the time of Isildur in the Second Age. He chose to kept the Ring and thus Sauron is still not destroyed. At the time of the Third Age at the War of the Ring was the dilemma about the Ring finally solved. This could also work for Bilbo and Frodo, by all rights since he was the one who found the Ring from Gollum's cave, Bilbo was the one who is supposed to find a way to destroy the Ring, but instead the mission was passed onto Frodo who was completely innocent about the Ring.
Irony - Merry and Eowyn were the two persons that King Theoden strictly wanted to be left behind. Ironically, these two persons were also the only same people who defended him against the Witch King. I'm sure there are more examples out there.
Good vs. Evil - hehe, 'nuff said.
Mortality and Immortality - The relationship of Aragorn and Arwen, a mortal and an immortal. All the sacrifices that they had to endure to be with one another because of their difference from one another. Arwen becomes mortal and chose not to be with his family in Valinor just to be with Aragorn up to his last moment.
Life and Death - Need I say more?
I'm sure there are mor LOTR themes out there. 🙂
LOTR is really about the bond of friendship/loyalty. Examples: Sam and Frodo, Legolas and Gimli, also Legolas and Gimli with Aragorn, Shadowfax with Gandalf, also the loyalty to your land, (aka Faramir)... I think possibly a statement saying the theme would be: Self-sacrifice because of friendship and loyalty... does that make any more sense to you than it does to me?