[Bekah]

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> Another interesting aspect that adds up to this impression is that she is the only female in the novel, and in the other works of Tolkien I have read, that is explicitly and physically desired; not, or at least not that much, by Aragorn, but by the convincingly repulsive Grima Wormtongue. <P> <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>There are other examples. What about the guy who lusted for Luthien?<P>Were you referring to the repression of lust, my lady? I'd have to disagree with you either way, but at least I'd like to be clear which terms that I disagree with. I'd disagree if you meant lust because Tolkien didn't use allegory. And lust isn't repressed unfortunately. In either ME or here. I wish Eve hadn't eaten that blasted apple or banana or whatever the fruit of the center tree was.<P>~ Elentari II<p>[ February 23, 2003: Message edited by: Bekah ]