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Originally Posted by Tuor of Gondolin
There'a an interesting echo here of the lure and lust
for the Ring in the reactions of Bard and Thranduil to
the Arkenstone (and the hobbit's comparative, but
not total, immunity to its allure).
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Nice catch,
Tuor. Do you suppose this is Tolkien's inchoate sense of the Ring or even the silmarils? Or is this Tolkien's sense that all great beauty spellbinds? Would this affect apply only to the plastic arts and not all sub-creation?