The Lord of the Rings

Good and Evil Created by the One Ring "How shall a man judge what to do in such times?... As he has ever judged... good and ill have not changed since yesteryear" (Tolkien, Towers 49). Almost all novels deal with the concept of good and evil. In the Lord of the Rings J.R.R. Tolkien explores the theory of good and evil through the characters of Gandalf, Sauron, Gollum, and Frodo. This concept of good …

…good who could have become evil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Crabbe, Katharyn W. J.R.R. Tolkien. New York: Continuum, 1988. Helms, Randel Tolkien's World.Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1974. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Fellowship of the Ring. New York: Ballatine Books, 1973. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Two Towers. New York: Ballatine Books, 1973. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Return of the King. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994. Tolkien, J.R.R. The Silmarillion. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1977.