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Old 10-19-2006, 02:57 PM   #21
Fordim Hedgethistle
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Fordim Hedgethistle has been trapped in the Barrow!
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Originally Posted by Bęthberry
Now there's a downright refusal to provide "the purposed domination of the author" in the story. Some may liken that passage to the 'cup half empty/cup half full' interpretation, but I prefer simply to go with the ambiguity of the passage and recognise that Tolkien decided to leave the reader a bit of a tease.
Beebs! I would have thought that you of all people would know Shelob's fate.
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