Redefining Good & Evil - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Boromir88 · 06-05-2009, 12:25 PM

Great stuff davem, as always.

I just have time for a quick response...Since Eddings does allow for the possibility that evil can become more powerful than good (where this is not possible in Tolkien's story), then theoretically it's possible for evil to be the ultimate victor. However, for Eddings' "evil" to win it must be able to work together, but this is the essential failure of evil. Evil, according to Eddings, can not work together and it seems like "working together" is against evil's very nature, so can it truly win in the end?

06-05-2009, 12:25 PM	#14
Boromir88 Laconic Loreman Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: USA Posts: 7,521	Great stuff davem, as always. I just have time for a quick response...Since Eddings does allow for the possibility that evil can become more powerful than good (where this is not possible in Tolkien's story), then theoretically it's possible for evil to be the ultimate victor. However, for Eddings' "evil" to win it must be able to work together, but this is the essential failure of evil. Evil, according to Eddings, can not work together and it seems like "working together" is against evil's very nature, so can it truly win in the end? __________________ Fenris Penguin