Eve, in reply to your earlier post, Tolkien was brought up and lived in a male dominated society. Most of the people Tolkien knew best were men and it is probably the reason he concentrated on the male character's relationships more than he did the female's.
[ December 25, 2001: Message edited by: Fenrir ]
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