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William Cloud Hicklin 10-02-2023 06:16 AM

Interesting parallel
 
Can't claim it, it's Thomas Honneger's observation, but I like it: Turin's return to Dor-Lomin as a subversion of Odysseus' return to Ithaca.

There's more classical influence in Tolkien than many realize

Morthoron 10-02-2023 04:59 PM

Definitely a subversion. Other than murdering the usurper Brodda, everyone Turin loved was already long gone, and he didn't stay in Dor-Lomin to resume mastery of the land, but fled as a fugitive and murderer. No happy endings like good ol' Odysseus. Not even a venerable dog to greet him.

William Cloud Hicklin 10-03-2023 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Morthoron (Post 737966)
Not even a venerable dog to greet him.

But an aged servant (the only one to recognize him)

Galadriel55 10-03-2023 08:14 AM

You could add a kinswoman forced to marry an intruder, a marriage that the returning hero tries to disrupt. Except with very different outcomes.


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