This is done by analysing antagonists that Tolkien created for his fictional world, and finding connections between them and influences from the real world, those influences being Christianity, Old Norse mythology (also old Finnish mythology), and World War I and World War II.
The aim of the thesis is to create a comprehensive list of qualities and characteristics typical for evil and evildoers in The Hobbit (1937), The Lord of the Rings (1954-55), and The Silmarillion (1977). The bachelor thesis focuses on what John Ronald Reuel Tolkien understood under the term “evil”. Tarot card imagery has been used throughout to help cement the comparative aspect of Tolkien’s work comparative mythology being one of the fundamental themes of this dissertation. The conclusion finally caps the argument with Leaf by Niggle in the backdrop which I feel pins Tolkien’s works together. The second chapter is concerned with the shepherding figures of Galadriel and Gandalf and how they help deliver the redemption concerned with Frodo and Aragorn in the third chapter. The first chapter concerns the fallacy of humanity within Tolkien’s myth, precisely through Túrin, the downfall of Númenor and Boromir and how redemption is achieved for their crimes. This dissertation is concerned with the Christian and Pagan elements within the redemptive journeys of a select number of characters in The Silmarillion, The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. In my opinion Tolkien is one of the foremost literary geniuses of the 20th century, a man who was creating a myth that was to spawn other myths and remain enduring hence my choice of subject for the dissertation. Hand in hand with the love for anything Tolkien rose my interest into mythology and the fantastic, the classical fairy tale from childhood and the mystical. Since then I have explored Tolkien’s works thoroughly, expanding beyond The Lord of the Rings into his other books such as The Hobbit, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales amongst others. Tolkien’s fantasy epic The Lord of the Rings I was swept up into the mania surrounding anything fantasy. When I had first heard of Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of J.R.R.
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