Morte Darwen

[Galin]

Somewhat recently I stumbled across the following, and I wondered what others might think of it.

(...) 'Arwen's fate is tragic, because she is one of the 'half-elven' who may choose whether to become Man or Elf; she chooses to become mortal in order to marry Aragorn and share his fate. However, her resolve to accept mortality at the proper time is undermined by her 'lack of faith' in Man's destiny of life after death. In the appendix, she is portrayed as regretting becoming a mortal instead of an Elf; and as having succumbed to the sin of clinging to mortal life rather than accepting mortality and trusting that there is life after death.

'…and the light of her eyes was quenched, and it seemed to her people that she had become cold and grey as nightfall in winter than comes without a star.' [8]

The half-elven Arwen has failed to embrace the mortal need for courage to underpin all other virtues; and one possible interpretation of this passage is that this has consequences for her fate in the next world.'

In full context...

http://charltonteaching.blogspot.com...ng-of-men.html

Hmmm.