He could have been a fan of Shakespeare. After all, the old Professor was very well-versed in the classics, and he has said that he drew material from myriad sources, so who knows? He just might have gotten a little bit of inspiration from THE playwright!
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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