The modern man's miseries in john Ronald Tolkien's the lord of the Rings (1950)‎

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The current social and political issues have had their deep impacts on the psychology of the modern man which is echoed in Tolkien's The Lord of The Rings (abbreviated to LOTR).

The world abounds with people who are obsessed with fortune, fame and authority, as much as they get , they feel the need to have more .

Their greedy ambition has blinded them completely.

Tolkien examines such issues presenting them in a gothic, horrible and fantasy framework for the purpose of reflecting the psychological state of the modern and post modern man in an age of doubt, blood and darkness.

These issues are reflected with the use of modern techniques like stream of consciousness and the overuse of semiotic expressions that help to portray the miseries of the isolated man.

The brutal events of the modern age had traumatic impact on the modern man causing him emotionally dead and psychologically disturbed to an extent that love for authority and power may lead the individual to his downfall.

The study presents a definition about fantasy literature, being an important genre in English Literature as Tolkien's trilogy is a great work of fantasy.

It also presents semiotics and stream of consciousness as familiar techniques in a modern novel .

Then an analysis of samples chosen randomly from the trilogy echoing the current dark age but there is always hope and at the end rays of bright days shine upon earth.

The conclusion briefly sums up the findings of the study and it is followed by a list of references