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It's been already told here, most of the things which were said about Boromir I can second. The "cool" things about Beren were his change into a wolf (but that was a disguise and a device of Lúthien, in a way) and the Ring of Barahir. I don't want to sound nasty now, don't take me wrong, but the best word for me to describe his role in the story, he was a loser. Okay, maybe when reading HoME, the thing about slaying the Orcs who took the ring... and also, he talking to Gorlim... but hey, that's rather about Gorlim, Beren's father, and others than about Beren himself... hm... All in all,
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To add to what's been told here: He is interesting; and in a certain way, he almost (and now take it with big reservations, okay?) reaches the level of Saruman. Okay, really, with big reservations: but by considering all the various character traits in him, he is kind of "on the road to the same sector", so to say.
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