THE USE OF PROVERBS IN THE LORD OF THE RING BY TOLKIEN
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Proverbs are an important part of the complex language Tolkien created for Middle-earth: Tolkien as the narrator/author and many of his characters use them. This article discusses Tolkien's use of proverbs and includes the question of how and why he used proverbs when writing the novel.