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I would think that a balrog really wouldn't be likened unto Satan. Melkor would be a better analogy, would it not?
I believe Hookbill covered the others fairly well, but there are a lot of people who would be considered as sages in literature and Elrond does not strike me as a Christ figure.
Having a hero return to life after 'death' is quite common also in fiction, especially fantasy. It doesn't seem too unique to Tolkien.
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