Lord of the Rings is definitely one of those films that can be analyzed through more than one approach. I am choosing to analyze this film through an ideological approach. Lord of the Rings may appear to be just a fantasy flick, but this film possesses a deeper meaning. One way at looking at this film is through a Christian perspective. In the article, "Frodo's faith - Middle-earth truths - Christian faith, hope and love in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings," which I found through the popular website: findarticles.com, Ralph C. Wood ties Christianity with Tolkien's amazing classic. He provides a few instances from the film which support this argument.AT THE END of J. R. R. Tolkien's epic trilogy The Lord of the Rings, as King Aragorn is preparing to die, he utters his final words to Arwen, his elven queen--words that contain a hint of resurrection: "In sorrow must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound forever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory. Farewell!" The account of Arwen's own burial contains another hint of resurrection: "She laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed." Here as elsewhere in the trilogy, Tolkien obliquely suggests a hope for radically renewed life beyond "the circles of the world."
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Another film like this would be The Chronicles of Narnia, which is also a fantasy that portrays parts of the Bible.
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