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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
No, no, no, no, no. No.  You don't understand her at all. She is the kind of person that holds pride and honour above all else, even life. If Aerin didn't offer her help, Morwen would have starved to death before she asked anyone for help herself, much less a stranger. And that was a situation of life and death. Going to Doriath was a choice between harsh life and harsh journey but better life as a guest. She would not live her life as a guest, as a beggar. Whatever happens to her, she will not beg. |
I've held off commenting here because I think I've made my thoughts on Túrin clear elsewhere.
I'll just say about Morwen that it's notable pride is seldom, if ever, depicted as a desirable trait in Tolkien's Arda. It has a great tendency to lead one to ruin. Just ask Denethor, the Witch-king, Saruman, et al.
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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
What do you think of Hurin and Morwen's debate in The Childhood of Turin, when Hurin wants them to flee to Brethil and Morwen to Doriath, and they forebode a tragedy in both? It's puzzling to me that each parent seems to sense only part of their children's story, together foreshadow the story almost in full (except for the Fall of Nargothrond), and yet make it so that both tragedies came true. Not intentionally or knowingly, but........ well, foreshadowing is foreshadowing.
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The precognitive feelings experienced by both Túrin's parents are, I would think, warnings to sent to them by some outside influence. But by whom? Ulmo? Was he trying to tell them to let Túrin stay in Dor-lómin, where he would likely have been taken as a slave? To take the road that seemed less hopeful? And what then? To see Túrin escape, meet up with Elves, and be his messenger to Gondolin? Did Ulmo want Túrin before Tuor? Both were sons of the only Men to ever set foot in Gondolin. That is all speculation, but I still find it intriguing.