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Old 02-18-2008, 02:57 PM   #2
Mithalwen
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Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.Mithalwen is lost in the dark paths of Moria.
I think it is more evident in the Hobbit, but of course the pattern of FOTR follows the Hobbit closely. I don't think it is applicable to the Two Towers which for me was so much of a downer when I read it the first time aged about 10 that I stopped. To young to appreciate Faramir, its gloom was unremitting and I was too dozy to realise the significance of the third book's title.

I have been trying to read Peter Ackroyd's Albion (it isn't so unapproachable - I just havent had the leisure time necessary for anything serious ) which cites Tolkien in his discussion of the development of the English Literary imagination, which he suggests is either cyclical or like a river. Maybe this rocking horse is a kind of composite. I think there was some discussion on those lines way back when I was newly dead .. and I must double check the Ackroyd. But this is interesting.
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