The Quenta Silmarillion Eucatastrophe-less

[Kuruharan]

I think that we are approaching this from two different perspectives.

Son of Númenor
If Imladris in her reading did not feel something that she can (honestly, based on her knowledge of Tolkien's intended meaning of the word) describe as eucatastrophe, then the Quenta Silmarillion was 'eucatastrophe-less' for her.

Reading a work of fiction is inherently a very subjective thing, and one cannot simply say in universal terms that something is or isn't eucatastrophic.

mark12_30
And I've read the LOTR numerous times, at least a dozen; and I am not sure i can pinpoint one single area that is eucatastrophic for me every time through.

Yes, perhaps, but that is not what I was driving at. My point was to defend that within the context of the story itself something eucatastrophic happened. I don’t believe that it is necessary for the eucatastrophe to be experienced in the feelings of the reader, it can be present in the context of the story itself.

Does that make more sense now?