Trees as Setting and as Characters in the Novel the Lord of the Rings : Two Towers
Even today, there are only few researches on Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, which is very phenomenal; especially about the trees, whereas these characters are very unique because they are not merely setting but also characters which take part on the protagonists’ success story to reach...
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[Yogyakarta] : Universitas Gadjah Mada
2013
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| Summary: | Even today, there are only few researches on Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings: Two Towers, which is very phenomenal; especially about the trees, whereas these characters are very unique because they are not merely setting but also characters which take part on the protagonists’ success story to reach the victory over the antagonists. The methodology used to understand the novel is close reading. Interpreting the trees as setting and as characters which symbolize tribal or indigenous people is done with reader response criticism. In order to prove the interpretation, the structuralism theory is then used. |
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