Here's an old thread with a link to a fascinating article that might interest those who take part in this discussion: Archetypes in Faerie - Tolkien and Psychology
And another: Psychological Depth in Tolkien's Characters - enjoy!
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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