The Faerie Queen of the Rings

The Faerie Queen vs. The Lord of the Rings

1). The bringing together of different groups to fight a common enemy.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend!"

For the Faeries . . .

We've got lions . . . . faeries, wizards . . . knights . . . . dwarves . . . and yes, even some trees.

For the Lord of the Rings . . .

Their fellowship consists of hobbits, men, wizards, dwarves, elves, horses, and yes, they had trees too.

2). What kind of enemies did they face?

Was there an evil sorcerer? Faeries: Archimago Lords: Sauramon

Did they face error? Faeries: Error itself Lords: Error in Frodo putting on the ring at the Hotel . . . uh oh!

Did they face some sins? Faeries: All 7 of them Lords: Envy- those who wanted the ring; Lust - Aragon and Eowyn;

Greed - Gollum; Wrath- Mines of Moria; Gluttony - Minas Tithes;

Pride - Frodo refusing to have help; Sloth - Sauramon

Did they face Despair? Faeries: By the same name Lords: Frodo, Gollum, Faramir . . . always so sad - - Arwen.

Was there perhaps something two faced? Faeries: Duessa Lords: Gollum/Smeagle

A big meany at the end? Faeries: Dragon Lords: Sauron

3). What about the characters?

Let's do a bit of comparing shall we . .

Description: The Faerie Queen and The Lord of the Rings

Knight: Red Crosse Aragon

Lovely Lady: Una Arwen

Warrior Woman: Britomart Eowyn

Evil Sorcerer: Archimago Sauramon

Companion: Dwarf Gimli (who is also a dwarf)

Two-Faced: Duessa Gollum/ Smeagle

Nature Help: Lion / Talking Tree Horse/ Talking Tree

Good Wizard: Merlin Gandalf

Christ Figure: King Arthur Elron

4). What about everything else?

Ultimate Goal:

Faeries: save the castle from the fiery dragon

Lords: save the ring from the evil fiery eye

Language:

Faeries: purposely archain, but used influence from Greek and Roman poets

Lords: influenced by old English, Norse mythology, and christian ideals

Formation:

Faeries: written in a series of books with many cantos and in those many stanzas

Lords: three different volumes meant to represent three different eons, and in those volumes are a variety of books

Crying for the Dreamless

I've been an analytical, scientifically thinking and probability based person as long as I can remember. Science has been the basis for many of my decisions. During gymnastics practice I used to calculate the angles and amount of force I needed to apply to my swings on the bars. When I watch contestants on Deal or No Deal I keep track of which cases hold high amounts, because on the basis of probablity two high amounts are unlikely to be next to eachother. As I walk down the street and look at different plants I classify thems as angiosperms or gymnosperms and monocot or dicot. When I take medicine I write out the chemical formula whatever I'm taking and figure out each reaction mechanism so that I precisely which part of my body is receiving the medicine when.

It's absolutely INSANE to live this way.

Every once in a while I just need to escape into a fantastic story. So I read. I remember reading Tolkien's The Hobbit -- long before Orlando Blooom blessed us with his presence. I remember being enchanted by Roald Dahl at the age of seven and wishing that I could be Matilda or have my best friend be The BFG. And yes, I will admit to remembering the very first day I opened the book that told me about a lost boy name Harry and his friends Ron and Hermione. Reading these stories I could allow myself to believe in something, even if only for the moment. There were these fantastical worlds where anything was possible -- and with no evidence to the contrary.


Unfortunately, I also remember the day I found out Charlie and the Chocolate Factory was a political satire and that Tolkien's Lord of the Rings were based off of Chaucer. And within the past few weeks I have read The Faerie Queen, and while reading it I fell in love with the story. A story of beautiful princesses and chivalrous knights fighting the dragons and evil witches. But because I have a logically-indused brain stem I know that is not the intent of the story, so I struggle to continue to believe in such wonderous events. It's sad that people who claim to believe in a merciful, benevolent God kill people who do not believe as they do. It's crap.

RIDDIKULUS!

Perhaps Harper Lee was write when she stated that the greatest way to harm a child is to take away their innocence. I refuse to let mine go. I'm holding onto it for dear life and although I'm a very intelligent girl if I want to forget about the reformation and crazy Queen Bess for an hour or two so I can simply enjoy a great story written by Eddie then I will --- because I think it far more important to believe in something than to be correct.