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| View Poll Results: The 'real meaning' of the Lord of the Rings is to be found in: | |||
| The Author's intent |
   
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2 | 7.14% |
| The Reader's individual opinion |
  
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6 | 21.43% |
| Mainstream Reader consensus |
  
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0 | 0% |
| The BarrowDowns Book Forum consensus |
  
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2 | 7.14% |
| A Glimpse of Divine Truth |
  
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1 | 3.57% |
| The Reader's collaboration with both the Author's intent and the opinions of others |
  
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4 | 14.29% |
| Divine Truth glimpsed by the individual Reader guided by the Author's intent |
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3 | 10.71% |
| It does not have to have a 'meaning' at all, the books are entertaining, and that's sufficient |
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5 | 17.86% |
| All of the above may be true up to an extent |
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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] |
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0 | 0% |
| Voters: 28. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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08-16-2005, 11:04 AM
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Child of the West
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Watching President Fillmore ride a unicorn
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I think most of them can hold the meaning. (except for maybe the ones about consenus). That is why I cast my vote in for all of the above.
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