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Haunting Spirit
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Re: Balrogs DO have wings!!!
shadow/darkness was a characteristic present on all Balrogs (refer to the silm quote above) What I am saying is tolkien uses "wings" as a simile for this shadow (hence the term "like"
and then refers back to the simile used instead of the term being described by the simile as per his common practice illistrated throu my quotes.
I do not say the shadow/darkness is metaphorical I am saying the "wings" are similic as evident by the term like.
The shadow IS a physical character istic of the Balrog and that was described using a simile and then tolkien refered back to that simile as is his common practice( he uses a simile to descrivbe something then later on refers to the simile when taliking about the object again)
THE SHADOW IS NOT METAPHORICAL IT IS AN ESTABLISHED CHARACTERISTIC OF A BALROG
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