Thread: Paired characters in LotR
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Old 09-06-2004, 09:57 PM   #22
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1420! A lot of FOIL characters.
I think the term people are looking for is "foil." There are many "foil" characters in Tolkien, or well foil, as in "opposites." I mean obvious pairings for example, as Fordhim said, Aragorn is to Eomer and Sauron is to Saruman. Others could include as Mithalwen said Denethor/Imrahil, Smeagol/Bilbo, Gandalf/Saruman.
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