How are the Wood-elves different from the elves in 'The Hobbit'?

Answer 1

Wood-elves are exactly the elses in The Hobbit. They are Thranduil's race, living in the North, west of the town called Dale during the Middle Earth. They use smaller bows, are lesser in stature than the folk of Lothlorien or Elrond's people, and quite detached from High Elves and the evles of the Gray Havens and Cirdan the Shipwright. Wood Elves are the ones that captured Bilbo's party until Bildo engineered their escape.

Answer 2

Goblins are creatures of pure evil; they are skulking, disgusting, violent monsters akin to the Orcs of LOTR. They eat whatever they can, preferably raw, and they are, in a one-word sum-up: nasty.

In contrast, Hobbits are creatures of nearly pure innocents. They are light-hearted, down-to-earth people who are quite content to keep to themselves, thank you very much. They are small, only around 3'6".

Both creatures live underground, but not because they are similar in any regard besides that.

Answer 3

When The Hobbit was written, I don't think that Tolkien had imagined that the Orcs/Goblins were derived from the Elves. In many ways the Goblins of the Misty Mountains were somewhat to the Silvan Elves of the Woodland Realm:

- They both lived underground

- They both were suspicious of outsiders (especially dwarves)

How they differed:

- Goblins preferred the dark places and shunned daylight, Elves lived underground to avoid detection

- The Elves were beautiful, the goblins ugly

- The Elves only greed was for wine and song, while the Goblins were just plain greedy

This is just on the surface too. Later we are told that the Goblins/Orcs are actually Elves that were twisted and corrupted by Morgoth, Sauron's master.

Answer 4

A hobbit hole is warm and cozy. It has lots of furniture and is well lit. Goblin caves are dark and dirty places.