The Silmarillion makes the elves seem more human - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Rose Cotton · 10-27-2002, 04:51 PM

In the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit the elves are portrayed as these angelic beings that are all knowing and all powerfull.

Now as I'm starting to read the Silmarillion the elves seem to have less of that. It felt like I was reading about the men because of the kinds of follies they made. There was never a moment when you thought that the elves could have been exiles.
They make mistakes just like any other Middle Earth race. The Silmarillion made me think "Hey, you know these elves are human too."

What do you think? Am I just being stupid?

[ October 27, 2002: Message edited by: Rose Cotton ]

10-27-2002, 04:51 PM	#1
Rose Cotton Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: A place worse then Mordor........School! Posts: 1,075	The Silmarillion makes the elves seem more human In the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit the elves are portrayed as these angelic beings that are all knowing and all powerfull. Now as I'm starting to read the Silmarillion the elves seem to have less of that. It felt like I was reading about the men because of the kinds of follies they made. There was never a moment when you thought that the elves could have been exiles. They make mistakes just like any other Middle Earth race. The Silmarillion made me think "Hey, you know these elves are human too." What do you think? Am I just being stupid? [ October 27, 2002: Message edited by: Rose Cotton ] __________________ "There's nothing you can do, Harry... nothing... he's gone."-Remus Lupin "The closer we are to danger, the further we are from harm."-Pippin (now how can you argue with that logic?)