Galadriel’s mirror - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

davem · 04-01-2003, 02:10 AM

Evenstar, I think its the second option you mention. It shows what you hope or fear. It makes unconcious things concious, & forces you to confront them. It means that you can no longer go on repressing things. They're there, right in front of you, & you're forced to make a decision. I suspect Sam had been fearing what he saw in the Mirror for a very long time, but refused to face it, repressed it & wished it would go away. Those fears would have built & built through the quest, & possibly made it impossible for him to go on, even, at some point have driven him to abandon it & go back. By being shown the absolute worst thing that could have happened back home he was forced to make a decision. Without looking into the Mirror I wonder whether he could have done his 'job' as he called it.
It was the same with Frodo, only more so.

04-01-2003, 02:10 AM	#3
davem Illustrious Ulair Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: In the home of lost causes, and forsaken beliefs, and unpopular names,and impossible loyalties Posts: 4,240	Evenstar, I think its the second option you mention. It shows what you hope or fear. It makes unconcious things concious, & forces you to confront them. It means that you can no longer go on repressing things. They're there, right in front of you, & you're forced to make a decision. I suspect Sam had been fearing what he saw in the Mirror for a very long time, but refused to face it, repressed it & wished it would go away. Those fears would have built & built through the quest, & possibly made it impossible for him to go on, even, at some point have driven him to abandon it & go back. By being shown the absolute worst thing that could have happened back home he was forced to make a decision. Without looking into the Mirror I wonder whether he could have done his 'job' as he called it. It was the same with Frodo, only more so. __________________ “Everything was an object. If you killed a dwarf you could use it as a weapon – it was no different to other large heavy objects."