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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring Online Worksheet

Write brief answers during viewing. Use character choices and scene evidence for your analysis.

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Before viewing

1. Why might power tempt someone who intends to do good?

2. What makes a quest different from a simple journey?

Part A · Leaving the Shire

3. Why does Gandalf investigate Bilbo’s ring?

4. Why must Frodo leave the Shire?

5. How does Sam’s decision to accompany Frodo establish loyalty?

6. What makes the Black Riders threatening?

7. How does Aragorn help the travelers before Rivendell?

Part B · Forming and testing the Fellowship

8. What does Frodo’s injury reveal about the quest’s danger?

9. Why can the Ring not simply be kept or used safely by the group?

10. Why does Frodo volunteer at the council?

11. What does the Fellowship’s mixed membership make possible?

12. Why do the companions enter Moria?

Part C · Temptation and separation

13. How does Gandalf’s fall affect the group?

14. How does Galadriel’s response illustrate temptation?

15. Why does Boromir try to take the Ring?

16. Why does Frodo leave, and why does Sam follow?

After viewing

17. Choose a moment when restraint shows strength.

18. How does the film make a small protagonist seem important?

19. Why is the ending not a complete resolution of the larger conflict?

20. What effect might removing a novel episode have on the adaptation?

Final written response

What makes a person trustworthy when power offers an easier path? Write a paragraph with a clear claim, evidence from two scenes, and reasoning. End with one limitation of the film’s portrayal or one question for further study.

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