Hmm. Interesting thread. I don't agree that Arwen had serious regrets about giving up her immortality, until the very end. And wouldn't you too? Read Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich-the advent of death is a terror for every single living being.
The marriage that I consider a disaster is Ar-Pharazôn and Tar-Míriel. They were closely related, he was a fool, a jerk and a tyrant, and she did not want to wed him, but was forced. Then he proceeded to really screw things up by getting both of them killed, and their kingdom wiped out. Nice going, Zônie. [img]smilies/mad.gif[/img]
It infuriated me when I read it, because I felt so sorry for the woman who should have ruled on her own terms, and could have very well straightened things out in her kingdom, and saved Númenor from destruction.
[ April 04, 2002: Message edited by: Lush ]
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