Desire for Power and Change in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.

This extended essay is an analysis of theme power and the desire for power of the characters in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings: Return of the King and consists of an examination of question: ‘How does Tolkien give the illustration of the human desire for power symbolized by the ring and demonstrates the alteration of the characters when they wear the ring in Lord of the Rings: Return of the King?’; with references to the final novel of the trilogy and when necessary some secondary sources. Some quotations from the published literary is used to clarify the points given with the examples from the piece of literature. This essay analyses the topic: ‘Desire for Power and Change in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings-Return of the King.’ by giving the change of some particular characters: Frodo, Sauron, Gollum and Denethor. Each of the analysis of the change of the characters is focusing on a different aspect of the examination. With the first character, Denethor, the desire for power and letting it go is given and contrary to Denethor, Aragorn is given to show the contraction between good and evil. Second character, Sauron, is given to show the control of power and what power is capable of. Gollum, the third character, shows the changes of a character under the desire of power and Frodo shows the mental change and the change in aim