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Originally Posted by Estelyn Telcontar
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Which is a pity.
I have always found the stories on Númenor fascinating especially because of their "humaness".
The good feeling one gets from "being good and righteous" is never far from pride... and pride (which the Greeks also called
hybris) opens a door to evil.
And even if Tolkien handles generations of rulers in such a short narration, he makes them believable in their virtues and vices, in their steadfastness and honour, and in their fall partly following from that very same steadfastness and honour.
Pride and honour: great things but also very dangerous.