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Location
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Document Type
Presentation
Event Website
https://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/mythcon-53.htm
Start Date
2-8-2024 2:30 PM
End Date
2-8-2024 3:20 PM
Description
As we enjoy fiction through written and filmed media, the storytellers portray an array of philosophical perspectives through their work. An inescapable portrayal in any creation is the reality of good and evil. Some writers portray good and evil as equal and opposite forces, harmonious when reached at a balance. Others leave behind this idea with the privation theory of evil. Fantasy, involving heroes and villains, magic and mischief, is a perfect media through which to present philosophy. What, then, do fantastical works have to say about good and evil? Do they agree across the ages or refute one another? Tolkien and Lewis hold orthodox Christian views of the natures of good and evil. How do contemporary works of fantasy compare in this respect? In this paper, I will analyze and compare Christopher Nolan’s film The Dark Knight, George Lucas’s Star Wars universe, and Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings for their portrayals of the natures of good and evil.
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Fantastical Philosophies: Portrayals of Good and Evil in Tolkien and Popular Film
Minneapolis, Minnesota
As we enjoy fiction through written and filmed media, the storytellers portray an array of philosophical perspectives through their work. An inescapable portrayal in any creation is the reality of good and evil. Some writers portray good and evil as equal and opposite forces, harmonious when reached at a balance. Others leave behind this idea with the privation theory of evil. Fantasy, involving heroes and villains, magic and mischief, is a perfect media through which to present philosophy. What, then, do fantastical works have to say about good and evil? Do they agree across the ages or refute one another? Tolkien and Lewis hold orthodox Christian views of the natures of good and evil. How do contemporary works of fantasy compare in this respect? In this paper, I will analyze and compare Christopher Nolan’s film The Dark Knight, George Lucas’s Star Wars universe, and Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings for their portrayals of the natures of good and evil.
https://dc.swosu.edu/mythcon/mc53/schedule/9
