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Everlen · 09-15-2002, 12:03 PM

Ok... so I was wondring. Do ya'll think that Denethor symoblizes, in a way, King Saul in the Bible? It sorta makes sense to me. Faramir and Aragorn are friends, Denethor is about to have his power taken away from him and he kinda gets knocked off his rocker and ends up killing himself. Jonathan and David are friends, Saul is about to have his power taken from him and he goes nuts and ends up killing himself also. Hm... kinda closely knit there. I'm not sure if Tolkein intended it to be that way but hey, look at the similarities. No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded." Yogi Berra

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09-15-2002, 12:03 PM	#1
Everlen Pile O'Bones Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: usually lost in daydreams Posts: 20	Ok... so I was wondring. Do ya'll think that Denethor symoblizes, in a way, King Saul in the Bible? It sorta makes sense to me. Faramir and Aragorn are friends, Denethor is about to have his power taken away from him and he kinda gets knocked off his rocker and ends up killing himself. Jonathan and David are friends, Saul is about to have his power taken from him and he goes nuts and ends up killing himself also. Hm... kinda closely knit there. I'm not sure if Tolkein intended it to be that way but hey, look at the similarities. No one goes there anymore, it's too crowded." Yogi Berra