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littlemanpoet · 07-02-2006, 03:10 PM

In LotR, is Life valued above Honor, or Honor above Life?

How do Hobbits deal with this? Eorlingas? Gondorians? Others?

What did Tolkien think about this (can we plumb his works to get an answer?)?

07-02-2006, 03:10 PM	#1
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Life or Honor? In LotR, is Life valued above Honor, or Honor above Life? How do Hobbits deal with this? Eorlingas? Gondorians? Others? What did Tolkien think about this (can we plumb his works to get an answer?)?