From the beginning, he must caution them against carelessness as the Black Riders pursue them. Aragorn is heir to the throne of Isildur, rightful king of Gondor, who leads his followers against the Dark Lord Sauron and eventually returns victorious as king of the united Gondor and Arnor, the Northern Kingdom, ushering in a kind of renaissance after the War of the Ring.Īragorn first appears in The Lord of the Rings as the rough and suspicious-looking Ranger called Strider, sent by Gandalf to help Frodo and his companions on their journey to Rivendell.
Tolkien’s choice to make hobbits (the everyday people) the protagonists of his story forces Aragorn into a subordinate position in the narrative, but the reader’s response to Aragorn remains what it would be for a conventional medieval epic or romance hero-a King Arthur, a Roland, or a Beowulf.
By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on FebruĪnalysis of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingĪnalysis of The Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersĪnalysis of The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the KingĪragorn is the traditional hero of The Lord of the Rings-the noble warrior who, through valiant martial acts, wins back his crown and marries the fair maiden in the end.
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