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Good and evil doesn't necessarily mean God and Satan.
If Tolkien were to be compared to our world, I'd say I see Gandalf as an angel and Sauron as a Demon. I don't think that's what Tolkien meant for us to see in the characters though - Gandalf and Sauron, to me, are unique to Middle Earth. The underlying theme of Good vs. Evil is what links ME to our world. That could be said to be symbolic.
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