A lot has been made of similarities between these two works of fiction over the years (especially on the internet) below is a list of the most noted upon similarities, which do you think is the most remarkable?
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Dark Lords that have extreme power, lose it all, can't take physical form though their spirit lives on, they bide their time to then regain power again. (Lord Voldermort and Sauron)
Objects of extreme power (often jewellery) that the dark lord's soul is attached to meaning that unless it is destroyed the dark lord can never truly die. (Horcruxes and The Ring of Power)
Characters that have been both good and evil, at various stages throughout their lives (sometimes falsely.) Both of these characters have a final redemption. (Severus Snape and Boromir)
Protagonists both have scars inflicted by the enemy that won't heal, their pain becomes stronger the closer they get to the dark lord. (Harry's lightning bolt and Frodo's morgul-blade wound inflicted …
Both main villians' source of immortality can only be destroyed with a very rare source. (Basilisk Venom/ Sword of Griffindor and The Lava of Mount Doom
Both groups of heroes have their earliest victories against big cave trolls. (Harry, Ron & Hermione in the Bathroom at Halloween and The Fellowship in the Mines of Moria)
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Malfoy and Harry in the forest with Fang
Evil and dark forests. (The Forbidden Forest and Mirkwood/ Fangorn)
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