Monday, 30 September 2013

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXGUNvIFTQw


Lord of The Rings, Return of the King: Aragorn's monologue at The Black Gate:

This extract from the film is from a scene before 'The Battle of the Black Gate' and Aragorn is addressing
the warriors before battle in an attempt to raise their spirits and boost their confidence to win.

Aragorn: Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers. I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me. A day may come when the courage of Men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of wolves and shattered shields when the Age of Men comes crashing down, but it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good earth, I bid you stand, Men of the West!

The author of the book J.R.R Tolkien uses some form of alliteration in his writing. For example, "Break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day" repeats the use of the letter 'b' which makes the sentence flow and entices the reader. His use of alliteration creates the effect of onomatopoeia which makes us imagine a violent scene as we picture people being broken down in scenes of war. The author uses repetition of the words "This day" 3 times in this monologue to create a powerful effect on the reader and to make Aragorn come across as a character of strength and knowledge. I noticed J.R.R Tolkien's word choice when he writes "An hour of wolves and shattered shields" I believe he is making Aragorn refer to the warriors as 'wolves' so they come across as fast and terrifying yet he changes the mood of the sentence as he says 'shattered shields' which makes us think of damage being dealt towards the warriors because of the word shattered which describes something to be broken.

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