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'''The Voice of Saruman''' is the tenth chapter of the third book in ''[[The Two Towers]]''.
'''The Voice of Saruman''' is the tenth chapter of the third book in ''[[The Two Towers]]''.


===Summary===
==Summary==
[[Gandalf]] warns everyone about [[Saruman]]'s voice, which has powers beyond their imagination. [[Théoden]], [[Aragorn]], [[Legolas]] and [[Gimli]] decide to go with Gandalf to get a first hand view of Saruman. When Saruman does appear, his voice sounds like the sweetest anyone has ever heard. He speaks to Théoden and tries to persuade him to be his friend. Gandalf doesn't say a word because he has to let Théoden make his own choices: either succumb to Saruman's wizardry or fight it. Gimli is not taken in and neither is [[Éomer]]. Eventually Théoden is able to control himself and he rejects Saruman's appeal.
[[Gandalf]] warned everyone about [[Saruman]]'s voice, which had powers beyond their imagination. [[Théoden]], [[Aragorn]], [[Legolas]] and [[Gimli]] decided to go with Gandalf to get a first hand view of Saruman. When Saruman did appear, his voice sounded like the sweetest anyone had ever heard. He spoke to Théoden and tried to persuade him to be his friend. Gandalf didn't say a word because he had to let Théoden make his own choices: either succumb to Saruman's wizardry or fight it. Gimli was not taken in and neither was [[Éomer]]. Eventually Théoden was able to control himself and he rejected Saruman's appeal.


Théoden's men have fallen under Saruman's spell and are confused by their leader's rejection. Saruman is angered and when his voice changes the men realize their mistake in falling for his tricks. Gandalf gives Saruman a chance to discard his evil ways, but Saruman not only does not take Gandalf's offer, he even tries to persuade Gandalf to join him. When Gandalf asks him once more to come out of [[Orthanc]], Saruman turns away. Gandalf raises his hand and commands Saruman's staff to break. Saruman's staff breaks and he falls back. At that [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] hurls an object at Gandalf but misses and Pippin picks it up. Gandalf retrieves it, recognizing it at once as a ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'' (a seeing stone). Gandalf knows that though Saruman is a lost cause, this is a great treasure.
Théoden's men had fallen under Saruman's spell and were confused by their leader's rejection. Saruman was angered and when his voice changed the men realized their mistake in falling for his tricks. Gandalf gave Saruman a chance to discard his evil ways, but Saruman not only did not take Gandalf's offer, he even tried to persuade Gandalf to join him. When Gandalf asked him once more to come out of [[Orthanc]], Saruman turned away. Gandalf raised his hand and commanded Saruman's staff to break. Saruman's staff broke and he fell back. At that [[Gríma|Wormtongue]] hurled an object at Gandalf but missed and Pippin picked it up. Gandalf retrieved it, recognizing it at once as a ''[[Palantíri|palantír]]'' (a seeing stone). Gandalf knew that though Saruman was a lost cause, this was a great treasure.


Gandalf asks [[Treebeard]] to pour back the water into Orthanc so that Saruman can never escape. Treebeard agrees.
Gandalf asked [[Treebeard]] to pour back the water into Orthanc so that Saruman could never escape. Treebeard agreed.


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The Two Towers chapters
Book III
  1. The Departure of Boromir
  2. The Riders of Rohan
  3. The Uruk-hai
  4. Treebeard
  5. The White Rider
  6. The King of the Golden Hall
  7. Helm's Deep
  8. The Road to Isengard
  9. Flotsam and Jetsam
  10. The Voice of Saruman
  11. The Palantír
Book IV
  1. The Taming of Sméagol
  2. The Passage of the Marshes
  3. The Black Gate is Closed
  4. Of Herbs and Stewed Rabbit
  5. The Window on the West
  6. The Forbidden Pool
  7. Journey to the Cross-Roads
  8. The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
  9. Shelob's Lair
  10. The Choices of Master Samwise

The Voice of Saruman is the tenth chapter of the third book in The Two Towers.

Summary

Gandalf warned everyone about Saruman's voice, which had powers beyond their imagination. Théoden, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli decided to go with Gandalf to get a first hand view of Saruman. When Saruman did appear, his voice sounded like the sweetest anyone had ever heard. He spoke to Théoden and tried to persuade him to be his friend. Gandalf didn't say a word because he had to let Théoden make his own choices: either succumb to Saruman's wizardry or fight it. Gimli was not taken in and neither was Éomer. Eventually Théoden was able to control himself and he rejected Saruman's appeal.

Théoden's men had fallen under Saruman's spell and were confused by their leader's rejection. Saruman was angered and when his voice changed the men realized their mistake in falling for his tricks. Gandalf gave Saruman a chance to discard his evil ways, but Saruman not only did not take Gandalf's offer, he even tried to persuade Gandalf to join him. When Gandalf asked him once more to come out of Orthanc, Saruman turned away. Gandalf raised his hand and commanded Saruman's staff to break. Saruman's staff broke and he fell back. At that Wormtongue hurled an object at Gandalf but missed and Pippin picked it up. Gandalf retrieved it, recognizing it at once as a palantír (a seeing stone). Gandalf knew that though Saruman was a lost cause, this was a great treasure.

Gandalf asked Treebeard to pour back the water into Orthanc so that Saruman could never escape. Treebeard agreed.


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