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**The Saucepan Man** · 03-02-2003, 06:37 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> ... the Southern men had sworn allegiance to Sauron and that soon the rest of Men would follow suit. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Precisely, the Men of Sauron's armies had already fallen.<P>I see this as a development of one of the big themes in the LotR books - that the time of Elves, Dwarves and the like was passing and that it was Men who would inherit ME. If the race that was just coming into its own had fallen under Sauron's thrall, then he would truly have achieved dominion over ME.

03-02-2003, 06:37 PM	#5
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR> ... the Southern men had sworn allegiance to Sauron and that soon the rest of Men would follow suit. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><P>Precisely, the Men of Sauron's armies had already fallen.<P>I see this as a development of one of the big themes in the LotR books - that the time of Elves, Dwarves and the like was passing and that it was Men who would inherit ME. If the race that was just coming into its own had fallen under Sauron's thrall, then he would truly have achieved dominion over ME. __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!