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Samwise Gamgee (/ ˈ s æ m ˌ w aɪ z ˈ ɡ æ m ˌ dʒ iː /, usually called Sam) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth.A hobbit, Samwise is the chief supporting character of The Lord of the Rings, serving as the loyal companion (in effect, the manservant) of the protagonist Frodo Baggins.
Mary Bowman writes that Tolkien makes use of multiple metanarrative techniques in The Lord of the Rings, including, as with Frodo and Sam at Cirith Ungol, having characters discuss narrative, in that case actually self-referentially, [11] as Sam realises that the Phial of Galadriel contains some of the light of the Silmarils, tying his tale ...
Sauron: The primary antagonist of The Lord of the Rings. He crafted the One Ring, and was destroyed upon its destruction at the end of The Return of the King. Shelob: Monstrous spider and last notable spawn of Ungoliant. Smaug: A dragon and primary antagonist of The Hobbit. Slain by Bard the Bowman.
Both Bilbo and later Frodo Baggins leave Bag End, their comfortable home, setting off into the unknown on their journeys, and returning changed.. Scholars, including psychoanalysts, have commented that J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth stories about both Bilbo Baggins, protagonist of The Hobbit, and Frodo Baggins, protagonist of The Lord of the Rings, constitute psychological journeys.
The Lord of the Rings film trilogy became the highest grossing motion picture trilogy worldwide of all time, evidenced by its earning close to $3-billion (US). [121] Critics have hailed the trilogy as "the greatest films of our era," [ 122 ] and "the trilogy will not soon, if ever, find its equal."
The Scouring of the Shire" is the penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship hobbits, Frodo, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader "Sharkey", revealed to be the Wizard Saruman. The ruffians have despoiled the Shire ...
In Mordor, Frodo's friend and companion Samwise Gamgee bears the Ring in Frodo's absence as he ventures to rescue Frodo from the Orc fortress of Cirith Ungol. During his journey, Sam is tempted to claim the Ring for himself, but ultimately resists its power. He rescues Frodo, and the two Hobbits head out for Mount Doom to destroy the Ring.
It tells that Sam gives his daughter Elanor the fictional Red Book of Westmarch – which contains the autobiographical stories of Bilbo's adventures at the opening of the war, and Frodo's role in the full-on War of the Ring, and serves as Tolkien's source for The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings (with Tolkien representing himself as a ...