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The Wanderer:
social context,
pagan
and Christian
elements, feelings
of the
character and
influence in authors
like
J.R.R. Tolkien.
completely opposite to Christian religion because the pope of Rome defended that God
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Joukahainen, both wizards have their power in the voice and after fighting to each
other, Vinminen is defeated and thrown to the sea, where he will be rescued by an
eagle, something that is very similar to what happened in the Lord of the Rings between
Gandalf and Saruman. We can find more resemblances in this character with Old
English poems, for example, when Gandalf, Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas arrive to
Medusel in order to speak to Theoden about Sarumans betrayal, Grima Wormtongue is
Theodens servant but hi is working for Saruman, and in this scene he is trying
continuously to leave Gandalf in a bad place, firstly he reproaches the wizard that why
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Bibliography:
The Norton Anthology of English Literature. 8th Edition. Volume 1. Ed. by
M.H. Abrams, et al. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., January 4, 2006. 111-113
Church in Anglo-Saxon Society Blair, John Oxford University Press ; 01/2005
Hobbits, elves, and wizards: exploring the wonders and worlds of
J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the rings" . Michael N. Stanton.
An invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England Mitchell, Bruce Oxford:
Blackwell, 2003
Imagining the Anglo-Saxon past: the search for anglo-saxon paganism
andanglo-saxon trial by jury / Eric Gerald Stanley, Cambridge: D. S. Brewer,
2000
Internet references:
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=wdr
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/references/pf/silmarillion-andwanderer.php
http://www.epdlp.com/escritor.php?id=2360
http://www.dor-lomin.org/trabajos/tolkien-catolicismo/tolkien_catolicismo.php
http://www.aciprensa.com/vejemplares/tolkien/tolkien.htm
http://www.anglo-saxons.net/hwaet/?do=get&type=text&id=wdr