Tolkien the Matricide

[Tigerlily Gamgee]

I never thought of that [img]smilies/eek.gif[/img]

I guess that the mother is a more passionate prescence than the father. If a character's mother is dead they gain a little more freedom and drive.
I know that in my classes (acting and such) it seems that when we talk about out history's and write our bio's a lot of people end of killing off their mother's (in the bio's for their characters). It is actually something that I cannot really explain. It just seems to give you a little more justification for your actions.
Whew, I wish I could answer that for you, instead I just babbled on!