Notes on Auden's review of RotK [ not mailed or even intended to be sent to anyone]#183
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... In the LotR the conflict is not basically about 'Freedon', though that is naturally involved. It is about God, and His sole right to divine honour. The Eldar and the Numenoreans believed in The One, the true God, and held worship of any other person an abomination. sauron desired to be God-King, and was held to be this by his servants. last sntenece footnoted - Footnote continues]... by the end of the 2nd age he assumed the position of Morgoth's representative. By the end of the 3rd Age [although actually much weaker than before]he claimed to be Morgoth returned.
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