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The Scouring of the Shire" is the penultimate chapter of J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship hobbits , Frodo , Sam , Merry , and Pippin , return home to the Shire to find that it is under the brutal control of ruffians and their leader "Sharkey", revealed to be the Wizard Saruman .
Nov 29, 2022 · The Scouring of the Shire is the eighth chapter of the second book in The Return of the King . Summary. The Hobbits found the bridge at Brandywine closed with a large spiked gate. When they demanded entrance, a frightened gatekeeper informed them that he was under orders from the Chief at Bag End to let no one enter between sundown and sunrise.
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The Scouring of the Shire was an event that took place in the Shire at the end of the War of the Ring, and was the only time the Shire was attacked during the Great Years. While Frodo Baggins and company were away, Lotho Sackville-Baggins began a massive land grab with the money he had made from...
Dec 23, 2021 · The Scouring of the Shire is a chapter in Tolkien's Return of the King that depicts the hobbits' fight against Saruman's corruption and oppression in their homeland. It is one of the biggest omissions from Peter Jackson's film trilogy, but it reveals the heroism and resilience of the hobbits and their connection to the wider history of Middle-earth.
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Jun 5, 2019 · The Scouring of the Shire is a book scene where the hobbits fight Saruman's forces after returning from their quest. The movies cut this event, but hinted at it in The Fellowship of the Ring and showed Saruman's death.
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The Lord of the Rings book ends much differently from the Peter Jackson films. In reality, the hobbits return home to find the Shire ravaged. The battle for ...
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"The Scouring of the Shire" is the penultimate chapter of the epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien and the eighteenth chapter of The Return of the King. The hobbits , Frodo , Sam , Merry , and Pippin , return home to the Shire to find that it has been despoiled and corrupted by ruffians and their leader, the wizard Saruman ...
