Why Fëanor is the most fascinating has interested me a lot... I mean, after all, he WAS quite nasty and arrogant too, not the typical hero guy that is. My thesis is that what makes him so captivating is that he is human in another way than many other characters in ME. Túrin is human because iof his grief and rashness and rage, Boromir because he is split between good and evil, wants to do good but with power by which he is intoxicated. The difference between him and Fëanor is, of course, in level and that Boromir was enchanted by what he COULD do with the Ring and it's power, but it did not make him arrogant. I think all humans have had the feeling tha they are simply supreme and being absorbed with their own boundless capacity, no matter what one sais. He IS the greatest and he knows that and he has the very human doubt over what is the meaning of life. Wehn he sais that his flame is great (which it indeed is) he insinuates that he exists for something, he is meant to do something great! He cannot just stay in Valinor with his endless possibilities and, this is were he differs from most people, is ready to do anything to get what he wants, which in the end is his destruction.
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