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Finiel · 01-03-2003, 09:56 PM

Frodo's going to the Grey Havens thing was good for him because its the only place he could find peace from everything that happened to him.
And from a mortal's point of view, going to the undying lands and never coming back is just like a funeral march. I mean Tolkien could have given them wings to go to the Havens but he wanted LOTR to have a feel of the middle-ages theme. Remember when the people in the middle-ages put the dead in a boat and let it float into the sea or river (like Boromir)?
sorry if i got side-tracked from the topic. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

01-03-2003, 09:56 PM	#16
Finiel Haunting Spirit Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: somewhere in the tropics Posts: 69	Frodo's going to the Grey Havens thing was good for him because its the only place he could find peace from everything that happened to him. And from a mortal's point of view, going to the undying lands and never coming back is just like a funeral march. I mean Tolkien could have given them wings to go to the Havens but he wanted LOTR to have a feel of the middle-ages theme. Remember when the people in the middle-ages put the dead in a boat and let it float into the sea or river (like Boromir)? sorry if i got side-tracked from the topic. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ "The night has a thousand eyes, And the day but one; Yet the light of a bright world dies when day is done. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one; Yet the light of a whole life dies when love is done."-- F.W. Bourdillon