[stone of vision]

I think Boromir is maybe the closest character to us- simple mortals.
He ‘s young, strong, courageous, ambitious, all the qualities to success in life but he hasn’t the experience and the wisdom of Aragorn nor his fate.

Boromir looks like a young wolf with long fangs too fiery to be tamed! Like a bloc of pure precious stone needing to be worked to become a jewel! But we don’t know whose hands (evil/goods) will polish him.

What guides him is his desire to be more than he is, as he is the more common in this uncommon fellowship.
What he needs is aknowledgement from the people of the Gondor, from his peers , of his being as a legitimate leader. Place he does seek for himself but would never obtain , belonging , only, to the Gondor’ stewards family without usurping the King’s title.

How to be worthier than a king when you are not the King, but to be better, and more powerful than him.

The rings is one way to get it, though i’m sure, he ‘s not conscious of his own selfishness.
The quest of power for good is his excuse. To fill his duty better and contribute to high the honour of Minas Thirith like the King’s heir would have done, is his justification.
For his misfortune, Boromir made the mistake to choose the wrong option in his insiquitiveness and foolhardiness.

More than a comparison to Melkor which I wouldn’t be able to do, too upper for knowledge yet, the comparison I thought, is to Faramir but also Aragorn.

Faramir could be for Aragorn, in some ways, what Sam is for Frodo: Loyalty.
Like a friend of mine told, he has more sense than his brother. He has accepted the role he was given and tried not to master fate for his own glory but followed it to make things better and productive for the people who share his life and him.

Aragorn is opposed to Boromir by his age, his noble line, his integrity, his experience,” his perfection “. So Aragorn is playing the longing role Boromir envied, cursing him to live in his shadow.

Boromir is stuck between the two, wanting to take the opportunity to change his fate and unable to reach the stars.

The first time I read FOTR, I found Boromir unpleasant and have always believed that Tolkien disliked this character, he gave him the villain- role of a juda, the traitor ! The result in another level of the corruption by the ring.
--And it’s a terrible waste because his inner persona is not evil. His parents’ s love, Pippin and Merry’s admiration for him are the proofs of the good man he could be.
At the beginning of FOTR, Boromir was on the border line of his choice, in France we have expression “ etre sur la tranche”. All long the story, we witness his mistakes and his descend whereas he was seeking to go upper.

In the book, I didn’t cry when he died whereas I burst in tears when Frodo is threatened by him realizing the evilness of the ring was working in the company. (ok, my yin sensitiveness part)

Then come to me an unexpected insights of boromir via the movie.

In the movie, Sean Bean’s acting at the last moments of Boromir touched me very much, ( one of my lachrymal moments in the film paradoxically) his respectful aknowledgement and acceptation, his “love” for Aragorn as the man he is, as his king, leads him to the peace of mind and the satisfaction he may desire. Boromir left the middle earth his spirit and his soul free and intact in the vision of P jackson. (sob !)

On the contrary in the book, Boromir keeps his pride and his unsatifaction till the end. . He didn’t challenge openly Aragorn’rights but never recognized personally it.
His last words said he was sorry. Who was he sorry for the hobbits? For frodo? For himself? For failing? Not for forgiveness. Then he stated with coldness “I have paid” implying he own defeat, his own belated error, accepting what he thinks he deserved. It was too late to change anything, what a frustration for a man who wanted to change the world.

In the following books I think Tolkien tried to rehabilitate him but i can’t rid of the idea that” this Boromir” will always be spirit of dissatisfaction and unachievement.

Desiring something he couldn’t reach, he was certainly the most vulnerable against the ring’s seduction, becoming its tool to create discord in the fellowship.

Ps Melkor is a very "big cake"! I have to improve my cooking skills to make something suitable! lot, lot of work (sigh!) [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
One day I should be able to post it in Melkor's evil by nature or will...

Thanks for that great thread! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]