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***Gilthalion*** · 04-09-2001, 06:13 AM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: The One Ring?

While Tolkien did not seek to write an Allegory, he well understood that folk would find symbolism in his work.

He himself (I believe) wrote that if the Ring symbolizes anything it symbolizes Power (as in power over other people to overrule their wills in favor of one's own).

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04-09-2001, 06:13 AM	#3
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