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Showing posts with label Beren. Show all posts
28 June 2022

Hope Shall Come Again: 'The Choices of Master Samwise' and 'The Children of Húrin'

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In 'The Choices of Master Samwise', when Sam believes Frodo to be dead, his anguish leads him to contemplate his own death, by suici...
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02 September 2021

The small hands of Beren and the smaller hands of Frodo

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When we encounter Elrond's words at the council -- 'Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small han...
28 June 2017

'As it was told of old' -- Two observations on FR 1.xi.191

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'Beren and Luthien in the Court of Thingol and Melian.' copyright 2017 Donato Giancola 'I will tell you the tale of Ti...
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30 April 2017

From Terrible Beauty to Beacon of Hope -- The Silmarils from Fëanor to Eärendil

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One of the most fascinating developments in Tolkien's legendarium is the changing role played by the Silmarils in the fates of Ar...
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04 March 2017

'She died' -- The Choice of Lúthien and the Destiny of the Elves (FR 1.xi.191-93)

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In one of the most disappointing scenes in the extended edition of Peter Jackson's film, The Fellowship of the Ring , Strider and t...
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21 November 2016

The Fairy King's Honor and the Elven King's Shame

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Corot, 'Orpheus leidt Eurydice de Onderwereld uit', 1861 The Middle English Romance Sir Orfeo  presents us with a retelli...
06 June 2016

In the Dead Marshes We Hear No Larks at Morning

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Paul Nash, We Are Making A New World, Imperial War Museum Since at least the twelfth century larks at morning have featured in Engli...
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