The Two Towers (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: J. R. R. Tolkien
- First Published: 1954
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Fantasy
- Time of Work: The Third Age in a remote legendary past
- Setting: Middle Earth, chiefly Rohan, Fangorn, Gondor, and Ithilien
- Principal Characters: Frodo Baggins, Samwise Gamgee (Sam), Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry), Peregrin Took (Pippin), Gandalf (Mithrandir), Aragorn, Legolas, Gimli, Saruman, Gollum (Sméagol), Théoden, Éomer, Grima Wormtongue, Treebeard (Fangorn), Sauron
- Genres: Long fiction, Fantasy
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Traveling or travelers, Folkloric or magical people, Magic or magicians, Supernatural, Leadership, Other worlds, Friendship, War, Good and evil, Adventure, Heroes or heroism, Dwarfs, Elves, Rings
- Locales: Middle-earth (mythic)
The Story:
Immediately after Frodo the Ringbearer and Sam set off to fulfill their quest for the destruction of the Ring of power, a band of orcs captured the two remaining hobbits, Merry and Pippin. In an attempt to defend them, Boromir of Gondor was mortally wounded. Dying, he confessed to Aragorn that he had tried to take the Ring from Frodo, who had put on the Ring and vanished to escape him. Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli prepared Boromir’s body, placed it in an elven boat, and sent it over the falls down the Great River. They followed the tracks of the orcs in an attempt...
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