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Mithalwen, you’re right, of course, about the missing - err - sensual element in Middle-earth’s women. True, we see lust only as a caricature and almost entirely evil in Shelob. As for the thoughts concerning the ring and female partnership, do check out the “One Ring?” thread to which I linked. It picks up that topic wonderfully humorously yet with amazing insights, especially the posts by
Sharkű and
Mister Underhill.
Shades of the Entish Bow,
Kuruharan, and the symbolic meaning of weaponry!
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I have read them now ..... oh dear ... is this proof of the Prof.'s theory regarding the rareness of original thought amonst women students?
