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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/eyepal.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Tragic Figure
Welcome, Hannah 3!
Not to say we don't feel sorry for Miriel - but her status in Tolkien's cosmos as told by him is...well...
minor so to speak. Falling asleep forever would not be nice, though <img src=wink.gif ALT="
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Turin, Beren, Luthien, Niniel, Denethor...the list goes on. Tragedy seems to be a very present theme in Tolkien's works.
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