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**The Saucepan Man** · 01-14-2003, 03:13 PM

Extremely well put, Aratlithiel. I too have always viewed him as an incredibly sympathetic and incredibly tragic character.

He is not the only man of high birth to display human frailties. Theoden (under Wormtongue's influence) and, of course, Denethor do too. But he is the most striking example. He reminds us that ME is populated by normal humans with familiar human weaknesses, and not just Wizards, Elves and the like.

And, I don't think anyone could describe him as a "bad" or "evil" character in view of the service he gives to the Fellowship, his realisation of his mistake, and his noble and redeeming death.

So, where are all those Boromir haters? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]

[ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ]

01-14-2003, 03:13 PM	#29
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Extremely well put, Aratlithiel. I too have always viewed him as an incredibly sympathetic and incredibly tragic character. He is not the only man of high birth to display human frailties. Theoden (under Wormtongue's influence) and, of course, Denethor do too. But he is the most striking example. He reminds us that ME is populated by normal humans with familiar human weaknesses, and not just Wizards, Elves and the like. And, I don't think anyone could describe him as a "bad" or "evil" character in view of the service he gives to the Fellowship, his realisation of his mistake, and his noble and redeeming death. So, where are all those Boromir haters? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ January 14, 2003: Message edited by: The Saucepan Man ] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!