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"which undermines what JRRT was trying to get at (i think) with Aredhel."
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I don't think so. Their attitudes are the same, but their surrounding circumstances aren't. Galadriel wasn't leaving a hidden city that the Dark Lord was known to be searching for. This puts a greater burden of responsibility on the case of Aredhel, which strengthens the idea that she should have shown better judgement. Whether or not this was the author's point, I cannot say, but I don't think Galadriel's story would undermine the moral of Aredhel's tale in this regard.
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