[MatthewM]

Originally Posted by drigel

I enjoyed your thread MathewM. Spot on

Thanks!

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

And there's something else - in the Norse and Icelandic myths, and in Anglo-saxon poetry, we don't see the 'interior monologues' of most modern fiction, we must judge character only on action - and that's what Tolkien does. How often do you hear the cry that he doesn't develop his characters enough? Well that's because he does it in an archaic way, through showing their words and actions.

Thanks for pointing this out, it is pretty much true. I love how Tolkien does this. For what should people be judged on if not their words and actions? Being a Catholic, I must bring up that Jesus said it is by your words that you will be judged. Interesting, perhaps another unseen Christian influence that slipped into Tolkien's work.