A Comparison Of The Hobbit And The Story Of Sigurd

As the English poet Robert Graves said â€Å"One gets to the heart of the matter by a series of experiences in the same pattern, but in different colors. This quote is exemplified in the stories of The Hobbit and â€Å"The Story of Sigurd† when they have action and use the same hero’s journey pattern to create a great story. Both authors of the stories use strong and resilient characters in their stories to take down the monsters. In this case, there are two heroes taking down a greedy dragon. Based on the stories and characters, authors are also able to show their own opinions in the stories. Concluding that, both the scene with Smaug and Fafnir have similarities in characteristics and outcomes in the story, showing that authors follow the same†¦show more content†¦This asking of questions shows that the dragons can use that information to manipulate the character into thinking about something in a different way. However, in both stories,the character doesnâ €™t give in to the persuasiveness, but Bilbo from The Hobbit does give Smaug just the slightest of information of where he came from and Smaug used it to cause destruction. From finding all the similarities in the two stories there is enough information to conclude that Tolkien used â€Å"The Story of Sigurd† to gain ideas to create The Hobbit, however both stories are also very different. Of course in every adventure story, you need a protagonist, and in The Hobbit and â€Å"The Story of Sigurd† both show great examples of heroic protagonists. Plus, both of the heroes kill the huge dragon similarly. A main thing that the two heroes have in common is that they use a special weapon to kill the enemy. In The Hobbit, Bard uses a rare arrow called a â€Å"black arrow’; â€Å"Arrow!† said the bowman. â€Å"Black arrow! I have saved you to the last. You have never failed me and always I have recovered you. I had you from my father and he from of old.† (Tolkien 251). Sigurd also uses a special sword to kill the dragon Fafnir; â€Å"Then Sigurd went to his mother, and asked for the broken pieces of his father s blade, and gave them to Regin. And he hammered and wrought them into a new sword, so sharp that fire seemed to burn along its edges.† (Lang).Show MoreRelatedThe Tolkien s The Hobbit1143 Words   |  5 Pagesmyth as an untrue story or as an outdated explanation of a mystery long since cleared up by science, but myth is actually a framework of meaning, a set of collective fantasies that story our relationship to each other, the world and the universe. To tell a myth is to tell a culture s dream about its inner workings and truths. A myth tells its tale through symbol, image and metaphor. The Hobbit is a mythic image in our modern day society. It is written by J.R.R. Tolkien. This story is more myth than