Arwen and the One Ring - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lyta_Underhill · 02-02-2004, 05:53 PM

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Tying Arwen's life to the Ring is one of the more nonsensical movie inventions, and has no basis in Tolkien. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I had thought this to be simply working out the consequences of Arwen's decision in favor of a mortal life to its end. If she is now mortal, her fate, like every other mortal in Middle Earth, is tied to the outcome of the War of the Ring and thus to the fate of the One Ring. The way it was stated was a bit over-dramatic, I agree, but this is how I understood it.<P>Cheers,<BR>Lyta

02-02-2004, 05:53 PM	#3
Lyta_Underhill Haunted Halfling Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: an uncounted length of steps--floating between air molecules Posts: 841	<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>Tying Arwen's life to the Ring is one of the more nonsensical movie inventions, and has no basis in Tolkien. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE><BR>I had thought this to be simply working out the consequences of Arwen's decision in favor of a mortal life to its end. If she is now mortal, her fate, like every other mortal in Middle Earth, is tied to the outcome of the War of the Ring and thus to the fate of the One Ring. The way it was stated was a bit over-dramatic, I agree, but this is how I understood it.<P>Cheers,<BR>Lyta __________________ “…she laid herself to rest upon Cerin Amroth; and there is her green grave, until the world is changed, and all the days of her life are utterly forgotten by men that come after, and elanor and niphredil bloom no more east of the Sea.”

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