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KEY LITERARY ELEMENTS
SETTING
The Lord of the Rings is set in Middle-earth, a fictional world
created by Tolkien. Mystical creatures such as Hobbits, Orcs,
trolls, ents, elves, wangs, wizards, dragons, dwarves and men
inhabit middle-earth. Middle-earth is a magical world in which
imagination rules, but it exists very much like "real" society,
with political and economic problems and power struggles.
Each of the races that inhabit this world have their own
territories and are distinct from one another.
Part I is set in the Shire, a community of mostly Hobbits. Bag
End is in the Shire and is the home of Frodo, the hero. At the
end of Part I, a group of travelling adventurers including Frodo
leaves for Rivendell, an elf refuge. Part II takes place beyond
the Shire in the rough worlds between Bag End and the citadel
of Sarumon, the tower Orthanc at Isengard. It also takes place
in the Tower of SOrcery, Minas Morgul, where the evil Sauron
rules. Part III takes place in Mordor, a mountain range
containing the volcano Orodruin. It also takes place on the road
between Mordor and Bag End. The novel concludes just where
it began, at Bag End.
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