Quote:
|
Would it have carried the same implications of hubris if Saruman had said 'The blue light may be broken'? Is the 'sin' the breaking of Whiteness or the breaking of the Light?
|
Hubris to me is that he is stating that the world, rather than his stewardship, is now his playground-- I can dye, I can over-write, I can break light.
Recall the previous lines:
Quote:
'"I liked white better," I said.
'"White!" he sneered. "It serves as a beginning. White cloth may be dyed. The white page can be overwritten; and the white light can be broken."
|
A blue page, or a blue undyed cloth, is harder to imagine.