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Old 05-07-2007, 06:58 PM   #3
JustSumGie
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Thank you, it's hard trying to reread them and find a passage to exemplify what a warrior should be (in Tolkien's eyes anyway). That's the general idea of my presentation, "what is warrior code?" Similarities and differences among the ideas in these epics are hard to find outright for the most part, in The Iliad and The Mahabharata the heroes are born into being warriors (or more precisely the warrior-aristocrats) and have the favor of the gods (think Achilles and Arjuna) you see the difference that some of the greatest of the heroes of LotR are just normal peasants prior to their ordeals (as in the hobbits). I guess a more precise way of putting it is what makes a warrior a warrior? Thank you for steering me towards the passage, the quote by Aragorn on the first page of the chapter is spot on for the similarities between the epics I was looking for...

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