Alas, not me

All literature enchants and delights us, recovers us from the 10,000 things that distract us. The unenchanted life is not worth living.

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Showing posts with label Isildur. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Isildur. Show all posts

14 April 2021

'I shall' and 'I will' at The Council of Elrond

'I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.' These are perhaps some of the best known words said by Frodo in all of The Lor...

05 March 2021

Wile E. Coyote and the One Ring

What does Wile E. Coyote have to do with the One Ring? Consider the words of Gandalf in The Shadow of the Past : It was not Gollum, Frodo, ...

07 November 2018

'I could not take it from him' -- The peril of seizing the Ring

'I could not take it from [Bilbo] without doing greater harm; and I had no right to do so anyway. ' ( FR 1.ii.48) ...

24 October 2015

Under the Shadow of the Argonath -- The Last of Strider (FR 2.ix.393)

The Pillars of the Kings © Ted Nasmith 'Fear not!' said a strange voice behind him. Frodo turned and saw Strider, and yet not S...

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