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The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Lesson Plan

Introduction to The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King

The Return of the King is the third and final volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and shows the separated members of the Fellowship of the Ring continuing on in their effort to defeat the Dark Lord Sauron and bring peace to Middle-Earth. As the wizard Gandalf, the Ranger Aragorn, the Wood-Elf Legolas, the Dwarf Gimli and the hobbits Pippin and Merry battle to save Gondor from the armies of Sauron, the hobbits Frodo and Sam finally arrive in Mordor, and attempt to destroy the Sauron's Ring once and for all.

Since the end of World War II, arguably no single book has surpassed J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings in its impact on popular culture and media. The Lord of the...

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