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Originally posted by Dwarin Thunderhammer:
<STRONG>Their immortality was a two edged sword.</STRONG>
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I have to agree with this. Immortality can be a path to limitless knowledge and skill. If you have ever seen the movie "Groundhog Day" , when he stopped trying to either have sex or kill himself he learned skills like how to play the piano very well and ice sculpt.
On the other side of the sword/story. If one wanted to die but couldn't , immortality would not be the greatest thing. Like in the case of Húrin , he was trapped by Morgoth and had no choice if he could even move or not; let alone die.
[QUOTE]from the Silmarillion: of the fifth battle
<STRONG>"Húrin was brought before Morgoth, for Morgoth knew that he had a friendship with the King of Gondolin; but Húrin defied him, and mocked him. Then Morgoth cursed Húrin and Morwen and their offspring, and set a doom upon them of darkness and sorrow; and taking Húrin from prison he set him in a chair of stone upon a high place of Thangorodrim. There he was bound by the power of Morgoth, and Morgoth standing beside him cursed him again; and he said:'Sit now there; and look out upon the lands where evil and despair shall come upon those whom thou lovest. Thou hast dared to mock me, and to question the power of Melkor, Master of the fates of Arda. Therefore with my eyes thou shalt see, and with my ears thou shalt hear; and never shalt thou move from this place until all is fulfilled unto its bitter end.'"</STRONG>
[ February 23, 2002: Message edited by: Aure entuluva ]