M-m-meaning! Let's define, is it 'meaning' or 'Meaning', or if there's any at all... - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

alatar · 08-16-2005, 12:41 PM

Though I've commented in the various canonicity threads, don't think that I've actually ever voted, and so will have to leave this poll unvoted too - for some consistancy in my life

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Meaning or meaning, presumably meaning implied or explicit significance or worthwhile or important quality, the answer is going to involve the reader/observer somewhere. What exactly is the significance of Tolkien's works? What makes them rise above the noise?

Even when I can get my brain to stay with one point of view for a moment and to agree on a meaning, this still is only temporary as it encompasses what I'm feeling/thinking/experiencing at that minute in time. In brief, it's all relative.

View Poll Results: The 'real meaning' of the Lord of the Rings is to be found in:
The Author's intent	2	7.14%
The Reader's individual opinion	6	21.43%
Mainstream Reader consensus	0	0%
The BarrowDowns Book Forum consensus	2	7.14%
A Glimpse of Divine Truth	1	3.57%
The Reader's collaboration with both the Author's intent and the opinions of others	4	14.29%
Divine Truth glimpsed by the individual Reader guided by the Author's intent	3	10.71%
It does not have to have a 'meaning' at all, the books are entertaining, and that's sufficient	5	17.86%
All of the above may be true up to an extent	5	17.86%
Current poll does not cover all possible options at all, we need another, refined one [if you choose this answer, please list other possible options in the thread. Thank you]	0	0%
Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll

08-16-2005, 12:41 PM	#10
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Though I've commented in the various canonicity threads, don't think that I've actually ever voted, and so will have to leave this poll unvoted too - for some consistancy in my life . Meaning or meaning, presumably meaning implied or explicit significance or worthwhile or important quality, the answer is going to involve the reader/observer somewhere. What exactly is the significance of Tolkien's works? What makes them rise above the noise? Even when I can get my brain to stay with one point of view for a moment and to agree on a meaning, this still is only temporary as it encompasses what I'm feeling/thinking/experiencing at that minute in time. In brief, it's all relative. __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.