Re: LOTR
| From: | Padraic Brown <agricola@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, November 9, 2001, 22:10 |
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Am 11.09.01, The Greay Wizard yscrifef:
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> Nor am I sure that I agree about Tom's "importance to Tolkien's conception
> of the Ring." After his brief appearance early in the tale, he never
> returns and is referenced only briefly. It seems to me the story of the
> ring could well be told without him.
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> Now I'm sure that I have angered the Tom Bombadil fans among us, but this is
> just my humble opinion.
Not at all! He's one of my favourite cameo characters, but I
agree that the story could be told without that episode. I was
left unsatisfied, because we never learn much about him and
his connection to the Ring and its lack of power over him. Nor
do we learn much about his relam or Goldberry.
Padraic.
> David
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