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Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he disliked allegory in all its forms (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphorfor World War II to remember that he had lost all but one of his close friends in World War I. No careful reader of Tolkiens fiction can fail to be aware of the polarities that give it form and fiction, writes Verlyn Flieger. Tolkiens extensive use of duality and parallelism, contrast and opposition is found throughout the novel, in hope and despair, ignorance and enlightenment, death and immortality, fate and free will. One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? for CAT 2025 is part of CAT preparation. The Question and answers have been prepared according to the CAT exam syllabus. Information about Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he disliked allegory in all its forms (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphorfor World War II to remember that he had lost all but one of his close friends in World War I. No careful reader of Tolkiens fiction can fail to be aware of the polarities that give it form and fiction, writes Verlyn Flieger. Tolkiens extensive use of duality and parallelism, contrast and opposition is found throughout the novel, in hope and despair, ignorance and enlightenment, death and immortality, fate and free will. One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? covers all topics & solutions for CAT 2025 Exam. Find important definitions, questions, meanings, examples, exercises and tests below for Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he disliked allegory in all its forms (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphorfor World War II to remember that he had lost all but one of his close friends in World War I. No careful reader of Tolkiens fiction can fail to be aware of the polarities that give it form and fiction, writes Verlyn Flieger. Tolkiens extensive use of duality and parallelism, contrast and opposition is found throughout the novel, in hope and despair, ignorance and enlightenment, death and immortality, fate and free will. One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?.

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One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? defined & explained in the simplest way possible. Besides giving the explanation of Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he disliked allegory in all its forms (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphorfor World War II to remember that he had lost all but one of his close friends in World War I. No careful reader of Tolkiens fiction can fail to be aware of the polarities that give it form and fiction, writes Verlyn Flieger. Tolkiens extensive use of duality and parallelism, contrast and opposition is found throughout the novel, in hope and despair, ignorance and enlightenment, death and immortality, fate and free will. One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer?, a detailed solution for Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he disliked allegory in all its forms (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphorfor World War II to remember that he had lost all but one of his close friends in World War I. No careful reader of Tolkiens fiction can fail to be aware of the polarities that give it form and fiction, writes Verlyn Flieger. Tolkiens extensive use of duality and parallelism, contrast and opposition is found throughout the novel, in hope and despair, ignorance and enlightenment, death and immortality, fate and free will. One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? has been provided alongside types of Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he disliked allegory in all its forms (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphorfor World War II to remember that he had lost all but one of his close friends in World War I. No careful reader of Tolkiens fiction can fail to be aware of the polarities that give it form and fiction, writes Verlyn Flieger. Tolkiens extensive use of duality and parallelism, contrast and opposition is found throughout the novel, in hope and despair, ignorance and enlightenment, death and immortality, fate and free will. One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? theory, EduRev gives you an ample number of questions to practice Since the publication of The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien, a wealth of secondary literature has been published discussing the literary themes and archetypes present in the story. Tolkien also wrote about the themes of his book in letters to friends, family and fans, and also in the book itself. In his Foreword to the Second Edition, Tolkien said that he disliked allegory in all its forms (using the word applicability instead), and told those claiming the story was a metaphorfor World War II to remember that he had lost all but one of his close friends in World War I. No careful reader of Tolkiens fiction can fail to be aware of the polarities that give it form and fiction, writes Verlyn Flieger. Tolkiens extensive use of duality and parallelism, contrast and opposition is found throughout the novel, in hope and despair, ignorance and enlightenment, death and immortality, fate and free will. One famous example is the often criticized polarity between Evil and Good in Tolkien. Ores, the most maligned of races, are a corruption of the mystically exalted race of the Elves. Minas Morgul, the Tower of Sorcery, home of the Lord of the NazgOI, the most corrupted Kings of Men, directly opposes Minas Tirith, the Tower of Guard and the capital of Gondor, the last visible remnant of the ancient kingdom of Men in the Third Age.The antitheses, though pronounced and prolific, are sometimes seen to be too polarizing, but they have also been argued to be at the heart of the structure of the entire story. Tolkiens technique has been seen to confer literality on what would in the primary world be called metaphor and then to illustrate [in his secondary world] the process by which the literal becomes metaphoric. A famous description of this device is Verlyn Fliegers Splintered Light where the mythology of the Elves described in The Silmarillion is seen not only to be the story of the fall of the Elves from grace (a Fall akin to the Fall of Satan or Adam and Eve) due to the hubris of Feanor in his deadly oath regarding the Silmarils and all that follows as a result of it, but also a story built on a simultaneous splintering of light from the light of creation and the splintering of Elvish language from the word of creation, Ea. Although, these arguments are more readily seen in The Silmarillion, which contains the Creation Myth of the Elves, similar observations can and have also been made regarding The Lord of the Rings.The theme of power in The Lord of the Rings centres around the corrupting influence of the One Ring. This theme is discussed at length by Tom Shippey in chapter III of J. R. R. Tolkien: Author of the Century. In this chapter, titled, The Lord of the Rings: Concepts of Evil, Shippey notes that what lies at the heart of the story is the assertions made by Gandalf about the power and influence of the One Ring, and the corrupting influence it has on its bearers. Gandalf rejects the Ring after Frodo offers it to him, and this view of the nature of the Ring is reinforced as Elrond and Galadriel in their turn, also reject the Ring.This is, according to Shippey, a very modern, 20th-century theme, since in earlier, medieval times, power was considered to reveal character, not alter it. Shippey mentions Lord Actons famous statement in 1887, that Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men... He then goes on to point outauthors that were dealing in the same themes of power and corruption at around the same time as Tolkien wrote his work. These authors include George Orwell with Animal Farm (1945), William Golding with The Lord of the Flies (1954) and The Inheritors (1955), and T. H. White with The Once and Future King (1958).Q.What do J.R.R Tolkien and T.H.White not have in common?a)They both had books about power and corruptionb)They were both authorsc)Shippey mentions both of them in his bookd)They were both fantasy novelistsCorrect answer is option 'D'. Can you explain this answer? tests, examples and also practice CAT tests.