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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet
How does Turin stand up morally against the Nordic code? (I'm using the word "code" to signify "standard of behavior", just for the sake of clarity)
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There's also Tolkien's own comments about heroism and chivalry and excess of personal glory. How does CoH stack up against Tolkien's comments in
The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth?
The hero has an obligation to his people, to do all he can to ensure victory--survivial--for his people in Tolkien's idea of the "heroic northern spirit." Does the ominous [i]lofgeornost'/i], "most desirous of glory", linger over Turin?
I suspect this gets away from the topic at hand, though, which examines hope.
So much for my 'unalloyed' reading of CoH.