Look no further than the Appendices, Kronos. In it he poignantly describes the love between Aragorn and Arwen in all of its stages. Just because it is not within the confines of the story itself does not mean it is not part of the book. And Arwen was not used quite so two-dimensionally as you suggest.<P>Oh, and one more thing, lest we forget, <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> as Tolkien intended it is supposed to be from a hobbit's point of view, which is a reason for her seeming banishment to the Appendices (if you choose to look at it that way). This intention of Tolkien's is rather hard to reconcile with Peter Jackson's movie additions of Arwen character.<P>-Angmar<p>[ 7:26 PM January 28, 2004: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]
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