Although I read the Lord of the Rings many years ago, I honestly remembered very little of the storyline. I was then very surprised to watch it now and see all of the literary tropes present in the epics we studied in class. In fact, I found myself ticking them off in my head during the film.
Watching the characters overcome the many obstacles set before them paralleled those same obstacles which Odysseus, Achilles and Aeneas struggled with as well.
Makes me want to go back and re-read the book!!
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