A dwarf as ringbearer? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Merendis · 04-13-2002, 01:01 PM

I think the reason a hobbit bore the ring was because tolkien chose the hobbit as a representation of the underdog. probably not the best suited for the job, but he was faithful and worked very hard. If the ring had been borne by someone who it owuldn't have power over, the symolism of the power of evil would have been utterly lost and the message wouldn't have ben the same. sorry for looking at this as something different than why the people in middle earth didn't choose a dwarf if that's what oyu were looking for

04-13-2002, 01:01 PM	#11
Merendis Animated Skeleton Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: An hour from Eden and the Stairway to Hell Posts: 45	I think the reason a hobbit bore the ring was because tolkien chose the hobbit as a representation of the underdog. probably not the best suited for the job, but he was faithful and worked very hard. If the ring had been borne by someone who it owuldn't have power over, the symolism of the power of evil would have been utterly lost and the message wouldn't have ben the same. sorry for looking at this as something different than why the people in middle earth didn't choose a dwarf if that's what oyu were looking for __________________ Merendis Mthe Mmariner's Mwife Riding one day in the forest of the Westlands he saw a woman, whose dark hair flowed in the wind, and about her was a green cloak...and he knew her for Erendis...then suddenly he knew in himself the love that he bore her, and he felt the emptiness of his days.