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J R R Tolkien Edward Vi
1,015 wordsJohn Ronald Reuel Tolkien was the first son and first child of Arthur Reuel Tolkien and Mabel Suffield Tolkien. Arthur Tolkien was a banker by profession, first with Lloyds Bank, and then, when promotions and advancement came too slowly for a man who wanted to raise a family, with the Bank of Africa in Bloemfontein, South Africa. His family was German by descent and had been piano manufacturers in Bloemfontein until Arthur's father went bankrupt. The Tolkien's had always been solid members of th...
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J R R Tolkien Middle Earth
10,573 wordsUnderstanding Magic In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth Essay, Understanding Magic In J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth Magic is difficult to define. Outside the literary works of J. R. R. Tolkien we do not take it seriously but instead relegate it to the corners of myth, superstition, and the supernatural (that which lies outside or beyond the natural universe). In Tolkien's world what he calls magic is real and natural, and we must understand the nature of his world in order to understand what he...
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