See also: Eucatastrophic Eucaine Eucapnia Eucaloric Eucalyptol Eucalyptus
1. What does Eucatastrophes mean? Plural form of eucatastrophe
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2. The sacrifice that turns out to bring joy. He said, however, there’s a eucatastrophe of the Eucatastrophes.
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4. Tolkien said, is “the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears.” The Bible is filled with Eucatastrophes
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5. And most importantly, are they the usual devastating kind or do they bring massive benefits in the form of destruction (Eucatastrophes)? 3 comments
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6. Tolkien said, is “the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears.” The Bible is filled with Eucatastrophes
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7. There is reason to rejoice, for He is the God of great Eucatastrophes!
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8. They also appear to be tied to Tolkien’s own Christian faith, and the hope he found in the ultimate “eucatastrophe,” of which all other Eucatastrophes are only smaller versions anticipating a greater fulfillment: It is not difficult to imagine the peculiar excitement and joy that one would feel if any specifically beautiful fairy-story
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9. The Bible contains a number of Eucatastrophes, including the Flood, the wilderness wanderings, the return of the exiles from Babylon, the conversion of the apostle Paul, and the life, death, and resurrection of Christ, a tragedy that turns into good
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10. It’s no surprise, then, that we see little Eucatastrophes - glimpses of the Great Eucatastrophe of Jesus’ death and resurrection – in so many stories
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11. People live with purpose again, and embrace the tragedies and warfare as a necessary part of life that leads to more Eucatastrophes
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12. It’s something we need to maintain, against reason, for the simple reason that Eucatastrophes do, in fact, happen
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13. Have represented existential Eucatastrophes
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14. This theme is very prevalent in his writing: the appearance of eagles at any time in The Hobbit or The Lord of the Rings are clear and intentional Eucatastrophes, the death of Smaug in The Hobbit and the downfall of both Saruman and Sauron are all the result of eucatastrophe
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16. But he believed the power of these stories derived from the real world—in other words, that there really are true Eucatastrophes
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17. In Tolkien’s stories, Eucatastrophes make up s ome of the most memorable moments
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18. So while you might argue that all RoR moments are Eucatastrophes, not all Eucatastrophes are RoR moments
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19. But Tolkien also include several lesser Eucatastrophes in his tale, including Gandalf's return from death, the sudden appearance of Gandalf, Erkenbrand, and the trees of Fangorn at the Battle of Helm's Deep, and the arrival of the Rohirrim and later Aragorn at the Battle of the Pellennor Fields.
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20. So while you might argue that all RoR moments are Eucatastrophes, not all Eucatastrophes are RoR moments
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21. So as you enjoy well-made stories and sing timelessly beloved songs and cry at how stinkin’ beautiful Pixar movies are, I hope you find yourself enraptured by Eucatastrophes that point to the greatest eucatastrophe of all.
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22. Listen to Tiny Eucatastrophes on Spotify
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23. We meet Radagast (in flashback), get word nerdy on a rather condescending name for Hobbits, and look for Eucatastrophes in our favorite non-Tolkien stories.
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24. Eucatastrophes in books or movies resonate with us because we all long for rescue and deliverance
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25. I've found Jon Oliva and Paul O'Neill have a knack for these kinds of musical "Eucatastrophes", to borrow a word from JRR Tolkien, and I love it
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EUCATASTROPHES [ˌyo͞okəˈtastrəfē]
NOUN
" I coined the word 'eucatastrophe': the sudden happy turn in a story which pierces you with a joy that brings tears (which I argued it is the highest function of fairy-stories to produce).
A eucatastrophe is a sudden turn of events at the end of a story which ensures that the protagonist does not meet some terrible, impending, and very plausible and probable doom.
Though victory seems assured for Sauron, the One Ring is permanently destroyed as a result of Gollum 's waylaying of Frodo at Mount Doom. Another example of eucatastrophe is the recurring role of the eagles as unexpected rescuers throughout Tolkien's writing. Tolkien described Bilbo's "'eucatastrophic emotion" at...
In his definition as outlined in his 1947 essay " On Fairy-Stories ", eucatastrophe is a fundamental part of his conception of mythopoeia. Though Tolkien's interest is in myth, it is also connected to the gospel; Tolkien calls the Incarnation of Christ the eucatastrophe of "human history " and the Resurrection the eucatastrophe of the Incarnation.