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Bêthberry · 04-01-2003, 05:02 PM

Melian's girdle, too, Child, which ultimately fails.

A cloistered virtue is no virtue.

More later.

Edit: To me, the issue is not one of patriotism, but of how Tolkien has conceived of good and evil, of virtue and error. It relates to the philosophical constructs underpining Tolkien's work. The moment virtue--or, in Goldberry's context, the female other--refuses to walk out in the world, but to sequester itself, is the moment when every thing 'not virtue' becomes targetted by projecting qualities on it not becoming virtue. It is a strategy that I think leads to continued disparity, arrogance, and further disharmony.

[ April 01, 2003: Message edited by: Bethberry ]

04-01-2003, 05:02 PM	#3
Bêthberry Cryptic Aura Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 6,003	Melian's girdle, too, Child, which ultimately fails. A cloistered virtue is no virtue. More later. Edit: To me, the issue is not one of patriotism, but of how Tolkien has conceived of good and evil, of virtue and error. It relates to the philosophical constructs underpining Tolkien's work. The moment virtue--or, in Goldberry's context, the female other--refuses to walk out in the world, but to sequester itself, is the moment when every thing 'not virtue' becomes targetted by projecting qualities on it not becoming virtue. It is a strategy that I think leads to continued disparity, arrogance, and further disharmony. [ April 01, 2003: Message edited by: Bethberry ] __________________ I’ll sing his roots off. I’ll sing a wind up and blow leaf and branch away.