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The section on Power begins with Daniel Timmons' timely discussion of the frequent, though by no means unanimous, negative critical responses to the presentation of war in Lord of the Rings and the consistent approval of supportive representations of the same theme in Henry V in the context of twentieth-century military conflicts. Judith J. Kollman uses Gandalf's "All that is gold does not glitter" recommendation of Strider/ Aragorn to the Hobbits as the basis for an extended comparison between the rightful heir of Gondor and Hal/Henry V Annalisa Castaldo argues that Shakespeare provided Tolkien with his most important literary models for portraying history and, more specifically, for his conception of the non-aristocratic hero. Charles Keim and Robert Gehl both compare Gollum and Othello, but where Keim emphasizes the psychological aspects of the two characters, Gehl places his discussion in the context of racism, giving attention to Shakespeare's and Tolkien's respective developments of location in Venice and the Shire and portrayals of their main characters' fetishistic attachments to Desdemona and the Ring.