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During his lifetime, in Arda, through special freedom of action | 22 | 61.11% | |
In the fact of the Death | 21 | 58.33% | |
After the Death | 12 | 33.33% | |
I’m not sure | 3 | 8.33% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 36. You may not vote on this poll |
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07-14-2008, 07:30 PM | #41 |
Animated Skeleton
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I'm not entirely sure. Tolkien does say that death is the gift of Man...
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07-15-2008, 12:20 PM | #42 |
Shade of Carn Dûm
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In the Akallabeth the Valars', messenger says:
"And the Doom of Men, that they should depart, was at first a gift of Iluvatar."
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07-15-2008, 01:34 PM | #43 |
Mighty Quill
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I'm not entirely sue on this matter, men have the gift of death, so they can pass out of the world and it's griefs. But after men die they go to another heaven-like place, do they not? Also, men have more freedom then say the elves, men can run around and do things that elves cannot do, so that also is freedom... But the greatest of all of them? I do not know.
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07-16-2008, 08:16 AM | #44 | |
Wight
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Gift of Illuvator..?
I voted for the gift of Death. There was an pretty good explanation in the Akallabeth:
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I can't contemplate Non-being... but I can swallow the fact that some folk may be able to contemplate non-being. The very fact that I can accept that fact shows that imagination has no limits (mine at least... with the exception of dreaming of foul breathe...). Maybe the gift of Death allowed Men to exit the limitations of the living world, and into something more akin to their imaginations?
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