The Unavoidable Comparison : The Fellowship of the Ring presented in fiction and film

This thesis is devoted to studying Peter Jackson's adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'The Fellowship of the Ring'. Based on an extensive thematic analysis of the novel, it discusses how well Peter Jackson has succeeded in adapting the main thematic aspects of the narrative. Furthermore, it offers comments on any significant alterations invoked as the text was transferred to a visual medium, and discusses how this affects the general presentation of the thematic aspects in the original text