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What fascinated me was a line of somewhat irreverent thought: Is Aragorn supposed to be a parallel to Jesus? Wow, allegories are bad, says Tolkien. And yet his "Hell" is parallel to that of a clearly allegorical story.
The descendent of one for whom the dwellers of the place did not fight is one given the power to descend into the place and release them from their fate.
The Harrowing of Hell.
It made me think a lot. The King of Men.
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