Why did Bilbo go through Mirkwood?

In The Hobbit, Bilbo Baggins, with Thorin Oakenshield and his band of Dwarves, attempt to cross Mirkwood during their quest to regain their mountain Erebor and its treasure from Smaug the dragon.

Why can’t the party go around Mirkwood to the north or south?

Beorn gives Gandalf, Bilbo, Thorin, and the other dwarves with a place to stay after they escape from the Misty Mountains. Why can’t the party go around Mirkwood? The party can’t go around Mirkwood because it would take weeks and weeks of trekking out of their way to go around Mirkwood.

Where did Bilbo and the dwarves go?

Bilbo and the dwarves begin to go through the dark and dreadful forest of Mirkwood.

What happens to Bilbo and the dwarves in Mirkwood?

Bilbo whips a few stones at the spiders and then leads them away from the dwarves by yelling. Fortunately, he is wearing the ring all the while, so the spiders cannot find him. Having led the spiders away, Bilbo slips back and cuts the dwarves free.

Why do the dwarves go through Mirkwood?

Bilbo Baggins, along with Thorin Oakenshield and his band of Dwarves, ventured into Mirkwood during their quest to regain the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, taking the elven path. Shortly after the Dwarves’ escape, they were captured by the elves.

What does Mirkwood represent in the Hobbit?

Mirkwood: A great forest over the Misty Mountains. It is thick and dark and full of evil creatures. There are two paths through it: an old road that is no longer passable, and a dark elf trail. Mirkwood represents the darkest part of the traveler’s journey.

Why did Thorin throw Bilbo out of the camp?

Bilbo gave Bard the Arkenstone so Bard could use it in bargaining with Thorin. Bilbo wanted peace. Why did Thorin throw Bilbo out of his camp? Bilbo confessed that he gave the Arkenstone to Bard.

How did Bilbo get separated from the others in Mirkwood?

7. How did Bilbo get separated from the others in Mirkwood? When the firelight from the woodland gathering disappeared, he got separated from the others in the darkness and confusion.

Why does Bilbo give up the Arkenstone?

Bilbo gave the Arkenstone to the other camp entirely so that the Elves and Men would have a bargaining chip with which to deal with Thorin. The films as well as the book shows this clearly. The very greatest danger was that a war would break out between Dwarves, Elves, and Men, and blood will be spilled.

How did Bilbo find out where the dwarves were in Chapter 9?

By J.R.R. Tolkien Bilbo slips on his ring and follows the dwarves to see where they are being led. The elves bring the dwarves to the halls of the Elvenking. The Elvenking informs the dwarves that, “It is a crime to wander in my realm without leave.”

Why Where and how are the dwarves imprisoned why wasn’t Bilbo imprisoned as well?

Why wasn’t Bilbo imprisoned as well? The dwarves were imprisoned in the Elvenking’s palace in separate cells because they were trespassing the elves’ feasts. Bilbo wasn’t imprisoned because he put on his ring.

What happened in the Mirkwood forest?

Bilbo Baggins, along with Thorin Oakenshield and his band of Dwarves, ventured into Mirkwood during their quest to regain the Lonely Mountain from the dragon Smaug, taking the Elven path. There, the Dwarf Bombur fell into the Enchanted river (causing him to fall asleep).

Why did Gandalf choose Bilbo Baggins to join him?

Gandalf ‘felt’ that he was bolder than the other hobbits and he decided to have Bilbo join Thorin and his company. Gandalf (and many others) regarded Bilbo and Frodo as the best hobbits in whole Middle-earth. Gandalf never explicitly said why he had chosen poor Bilbo to join him and the dwarves in their expedition.

Was Bilbo Baggins a real Hobbit?

Bilbo was not an ordinary hobbit. His mother was Belladona Took, and they say that Tooks look ‘fairy’ as if they had elven blood in them. This is not true, but before Tooks (Tooks are mostly Fallohides) came to dwell in Shire they were friendly with the elves.

Why didn’t Gandalf give the Dwarves a clammor?

Gandalf understood the mission’s need for stealth that dwarves simply didn’t possess, for they tramped along with no heed of the clammor they made. Even Yavanna, wife of the Dwarve’s creator Aule, foretold that they would have no care in such things (I wish I could bring forth a quote, but my copy of the Silm is MIA).

How did the Harfoots get to Eriador?

They crossed the mountains north of Rivendell and came down the River Hoarwell. In Eriador they soon mingled with the other kinds that had preceded them, but being somewhat bolder and more adventurous, they were often found as leaders or chieftains among clans of Harfoots or Stoors.