LOTR: The King Has Got A Crown Again, But Which King Is Depicted By The Beheaded Statue?
Throughout the Lord of the Rings film trilogy, there are several moments where a hopeful and uplifting scene takes place in the midst of terrible evil and turmoil. Some of the most famous examples include Gandalf’s advice that “all we have to do is decide what to do with the time that is given to us” Sam’s “there is some good in this world, and it is worth fighting for” speech, and Aragorn’s “it is not this day!” rally at the battle of the Black Gates.
These scenes often crop up when all else seems lost, and the heroes are in the midst of despair. But one such scene that has stirred many questions among fans of both the films and the books is the scene that takes place between Frodo and Sam as they make their way to Mordor. They have had weeks of desolate landscapes and dark mirky skies, when suddenly the sun breaks through the clouds and comes shining down on the statue of a king sat proudly in the fields. But, much to the shock of Frodo and Sam, the statue has lost its head, and in its place sits a spiked boulder and orc graffiti.
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The statue reminds the two hobbits of the Argonath, the two immense figures that stand guard at the entrance to Gondor on either side of the river Anduin. The famous statues in Middle Earth often come in two’s like this, and the Argonath seem almost as polar opposites to the Silent Watchers, the dark and terrible figures that keep guard over the tower of Minas Morgul, who are imbued with evil will by the dark lord. But the fallen king whom Frodo and Sam spot on their way to the crossroads, is a single and solitary monument of days gone by.
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