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Originally Posted by Nerwen
But as for Boromir's death being "shocking"... well, no, not really. I thought his trying to take the Ring was the shocking part.
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Now that brings up a very interesting point that I didn't consider (i.e. just took for granted) in my initial post.
Not only did Tolkien kill a protagonist, he had the protagonist do something decidedly un-protagonisty shortly before he did.
How post-modern! How very subverting of the archetype!
And people say Tolkien operated in a universe of only black and white.