Two Frodos

[Bêthberry]

I must apologize to everyone here for not getting back to the discussion. I have been exceedingly busy in RL with my young Brandybucks (two graduations, one from elementary school to middle school and the other from middle school to high school) one day after another, plus unexpected visits from family outside the country.

I would like to suggest to Child that she set up a new thread for us to discuss the presence and place of the feminine voice in LOTR. I would like to discuss the significance of the marriages but this is off-topic here. Nor do I have the sense that Frodo's journey west is a loss.(I hesitate to say that marriage is an expectation for everyone.) Since I am new at BD, I do not feel that I know everyone well enough to start threads yet myself.

Greetings to all for their interesting ideas here. It is often enlightening at BD simply to read posts even when I don't have anything to contribute to moving the discussion forward.

Respectfully,
Bethberry