How does the film 'Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring' deal with the theme of good versus evil?

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Richard Snuggs 11.G

How does the film ‘Lord of the Rings – The Fellowship of the Ring’ deal with the theme of good versus evil?

In this essay I will be analysing the film Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring. I will be explaining how the film deals with the theme of good versus evil, I will be telling you about the background of the film, a brief summary of the film, the character analysis and the cinematic technique of the film.

Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring was released in 2001, the production company of the film is Wingnut Films. The location of the film was set in New Zealand. The film was a great success at the Box office and was a winner of four Academy Awards and winner of five British Academy Awards. The Main Characters in the film are:

Frodo Baggins = Elijah Wood  

Gandalf the Grey = Ian Mckellen

Boromir = Sean Bean

Aragorn =

Legolas = Billy Boyd

Arwen = Liv Tyler

Saruman the White = Christopher Lee

Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring is about a ring which is discovered by a Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, his cousin Frodo Baggins is chosen to destroy the ring. He leaves his home town of Hobbiton with his best friend Sam to go on an epic adventure. Frodo travels to Rivendell where he joins companions and allies to travel to Mordor and destroy the legendary One Ring. On Frodo’s adventure there are servants of the Dark Lord, Sauron the rings evil creator and if Sauron gets possession of the ring Middle Earth will be doomed.

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Frodo Baggins was the only son of Drogo Baggins and Primula Brandybuck, His parents both died in the year 2980, so he was adopted by his cousin Bilbo Baggins, the wealthy bachelor. Upon Frodo's coming of age, Bilbo left the Shire, and left nearly all of his belongings to Frodo. In 3018, Frodo travelled to Rivendell under the name Mr. Underhill to escape pursuit of Sauron's forces along the way he received a near deadly blow from a Morgul knife dealt by a Nazgul. In Rivendell, he volunteered to destroy the Ring in Mordor, eight companions were chosen to ...

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