The First Age Ends

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This work outlines a research presentation on the ideas of Middle-Earth and the writings of "The Lord of the Rings." It looks at new ideas from the Letters of JRR Tolkien, and then addresses how they relate to two stories from Middle-Earth, and then the actual "The Lord of the Rings." The paper concludes that the letters give new insights into the other readings.

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"The title of the presentation is "The First Age Ends." B. The sources being summarized in this section are: Selections from The Letters of JRR Tolkien, Letter 131 and Letter 144. Step 2. A. Point 1: One significant point, as illustrated in Letter 131 from The Letters of JRR Tolkien, is that a new motif is conveyed through the tale of Beren and Luthien. In this tale, it is seen that changes, or as Tolkien states, the "policies of world history, `the wheels of the world,'"(Letter 131), are changed not by the powerful, yet instead through the "seemingly unknowable and weak" (Letter 131). It is crucial that Beren is able to succeed.."

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