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Re: Hmm...
Not yet... I don´t wish to change this thread in some kind of books topic, but I have to make a few remarks here.
Everything and everyone you name all had there origins either in Morgoth or in Sauron and since they were initially good, you cannot consider these things truly evil, because at its deepest roots lies not evil but good.
And therefore I think JRRT has put in Ungoliant; as a real counterpart of all goodness. She´s not caring about anything besides herself. She has no interest at all in the domination of others as is so strongly connected to the evil of Morgoth and Sauron, she only desires to devour all light, or the destruction of everything. Destruction is not connected to evil in such a way as domination, considering Eru´s destruction of Numenor and the explicit naming of the 'Free Peoples'.
The general evil in Middle-Earth is that of domination, that of Morgoth. I think Ungoliant is beyond that evil, and therefore she is not evil in that way; since she doesn´t care about anything, good or evil, only in 'devouring'.
In a way this is similar to Tom Bombadil, who is considered 'good', but he really doesn´t care about anything outside his 'own little realm'. I guess good means one´s willing to fight evil, and evil to fight good. And since Ungoliant fights good and evil, and Bombadil fights none, in my opinion you cannot count them evil or good. Or you might say their are different kinds of good and evil, or that they are truly evil and truly good and the rest is just somewhere in the middle.
As you observe I can also do a bit of rambling for no reason... <img src=wink.gif ALT="
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Greetings gildor <img src=smile.gif ALT="
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