But Boromir was not the only one of the Fellowship who saw Gandalf perish, i. e. all of them should have suffered from post-traumatic stress. However, they did not all react in the same way. I see no reason to use that factor for excusing Boromir's behaviour.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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