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Tolkien's comparison of "Morgoth's Ring" with Sauron's One Ring [T 12] Sauron Morgoth Action Put much of his power into the One Ring "Melkor 'incarnated' himself (as Morgoth) permanently"; Transmuted "the greater part of his original 'angelic' powers, of mind and spirit" Purpose Gain power over the other Great Rings, and over the physical world
[T 9] Morgoth's lieutenant is a lesser spirit being, a Maia, Sauron, one of several seduced into his service. [ T 10 ] Morgoth wages war on the Elves of Beleriand . [ T 11 ] [ T 12 ] [ T 13 ] Eventually the Valar call on the creator, Eru Ilúvatar , to intervene; Morgoth is destroyed amidst the utter ruin of his fortress of Thangorodrim ...
Sauron's Orcs bore the symbol of the Eye on their helmets and shields, and referred to him as the "Eye" because he did not allow his name to be written or spoken, according to Aragorn. [ T 36 ] [ c ] The Lord of the Nazgûl threatened Éowyn with torture before the "Lidless Eye" at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields.
Scholars have likened both Melkor and Sauron to the Devil; [14] [15] [16] Jaume Poveda notes that both the dark lords torture their victims, as the Devil is said to do to those in hell. He adds that Tolkien represents the Devil in The Lord of the Rings both as the "lidless eye", and as an embodied character.
[T 7] Sauron used the Númenóreans' fear of death to turn them against the Valar, and manipulate them into worshipping his master, Morgoth, with human sacrifice. [T 6] Sauron's body was destroyed in the Fall of Númenor, but his spirit travelled back to Middle-earth and wielded the One Ring in renewed war against the Last Alliance of Elves and ...
But Celebrimbor refuses and curses Sauron, saying, “Hear me! Shadow of Morgoth. Hear the dying words of Celebrimbor. The rings of power shall destroy you, and, in the end, I foresee one alone ...
Celebrimbor (Sindarin pronunciation: [ˌkɛlɛˈbrimbɔr]) is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's legendarium.In Tolkien's stories, Celebrimbor was an elven-smith who was manipulated into forging the Rings of Power by the Dark Lord Sauron, in fair disguise and named Annatar ("Lord of Gifts").
[5] The deaths of major characters, including Boromir, Denethor, Gollum, Saruman, Sauron, Théoden, and Wormtongue all form "significant scenes", while Gandalf both dies and returns from the dead. [5] Mortality is confronted in the first chapter of The Lord of the Rings, as Bilbo Baggins states that he feels he needs "a holiday, a very long ...