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The Manipulative Discourse of Gandalf

SUMMARY

The aim of this essay is to investigate discursive, cognitive and social aspects of manipulation in regard to the dialogues of the literary fictional character of Gandalf in the trilogy of The Lord of the Rings. Accordingly, the researcher has taken a multidisciplinary approach to an account of discursive manipulation, and focuses on the cognitive dimensions of manipulation. As a result, the researcher demonstrates meticulously how manipulation involves intensifying the power, moral superiority and the credibility of the speaker(s), while abusing the others (recipients), along with an emotional and attractive way of expression, and supplemented by reasonable facts and documents in regard to a specific issue. 

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pp. 110 - 119

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