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Old 05-02-2010, 03:09 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by deagol View Post
I would have to agree that the old Dunadan is a little over-the-top. A proper hero should have some endearing flaw that makes him seem at least marginally human or, lacking that, at least some inner demon to overcome beyond pining away for his dimensionless girlfriend. But for all that, he's hard not to like.
He does have a flaw. He lacks self-confidence. Remember when he says, in the first chapter of TTT:

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Alas! An ill fate is on me this day, and all that I do goes amiss.
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And now may I make a right choice, and change the evil fate of this unhappy day!
And, in the books at least, he does not "pine". You are thinking of the movie version. There is a difference.
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