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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% |
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08-17-2005, 05:34 AM
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Shadowed Prince
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Thulcandra
Posts: 2,343
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Also being difficult
I don't think there is a real meaning, no more than there's a real shade of green. I'm sure everybody accepts that LotR can have more than one meaning, and I don't classify any of these as more "real" than any other. If we were discussing preferred meanings, I'd vote for the experience of the reader. As it is, I'll just vote for the fun option. It is awfully good fun...
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