Wolfram von Tolkienbach - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

mhagain · 02-13-2007, 02:42 PM

I think it's easy to draw parallels after the fact, but the trap of reading too much into it is always there. It may have been the case that Tolkien's unconscious was at work here, but he's gone on record many times as refuting any such parallels, and if he was confronted with this theory, however plausible it may be (and it certainly looks to me to be), it's difficult to see him doing otherwise.

02-13-2007, 02:42 PM	#7
mhagain Wight Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: The best seat in the Golden Perch Posts: 219	I think it's easy to draw parallels after the fact, but the trap of reading too much into it is always there. It may have been the case that Tolkien's unconscious was at work here, but he's gone on record many times as refuting any such parallels, and if he was confronted with this theory, however plausible it may be (and it certainly looks to me to be), it's difficult to see him doing otherwise. __________________ Then one appeared among us, in our own form visible, but greater and more beautiful; and he said that he had come out of pity.