quote: But the Elves are not wholly good or in the right...ect.
I must say I was really surprised to read this, I'd always thought Tolkien considered his Elves perfect - it was a great surprise to learn his opinion of them was so close to mine, (not bad but gravely misguided in certain matters). I guess I didn't read the Works closely enough.
What exactly is meant by 'Galadriel was the greatest of the Noldo'? that she was the most powerful? the most prominent leader? or merely the best known? 'Great' can of course mean all those things.
And in any case this has little to do with any comparison to Elrond who was not only not a Noldo but combined the Royal lines of all three High Elven Kindreds with the blood of the greatest Heroes of Men *and* that of a divine Maia. Quite a heritage.
[ May 28, 2003: Message edited by: Morwen Tindomerel ]
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