With all the new Downers around these days, perhaps it is time to revisit an old discussion, from which RL rudely called me away so I was unable to provide the deserved replies.
And with such thoughtful and interesting posts, perhaps it is best if, rather than responding individually, I bring the comments together into a single focus. I will use Kate's comment to do so:
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Maybe Saruman was weak to begin with because, after all, Fate In Middle-Earth is a force to be reckoned with.
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Does LOTR work only because Saruman is not fully developed, nor give empathetic writing? What should be spent on Saruman is given to Gollem. A narrative slight of hand?
Bethberry