Foreshadowing and Fear - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lord of Angmar · 10-16-2003, 02:52 PM

I don't see why he should need to foreshadow, as it only adds to the suspense that we don't know who or what Shelob is in the chapter "Shelob's Lair". Also, for true Tolkien fanatics, there is a scary form of foreshadowing. The name of Cirith Ungol provides a grave warning to all fully-read Tolkienites, as it hints at the name of Ungoliant, the horrid mother of the "spiders" of Middle Earth who helped Morgoth defile Valinor and steal the Silmarils.

10-16-2003, 02:52 PM	#3
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	I don't see why he should need to foreshadow, as it only adds to the suspense that we don't know who or what Shelob is in the chapter "Shelob's Lair". Also, for true Tolkien fanatics, there is a scary form of foreshadowing. The name of Cirith Ungol provides a grave warning to all fully-read Tolkienites, as it hints at the name of Ungoliant, the horrid mother of the "spiders" of Middle Earth who helped Morgoth defile Valinor and steal the Silmarils. __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.