It is an author's job to make the character believeable, but I think that it is also the reader's job. It is our belief that breaths life into a character. Anything can be believeable, I mean.. do you watch the news???
Being an actor, I have to be able to believe in whatever text I am reading (especially performing), because if I don't believe it then no one else will either. It is clear that Tolkien believed in his characters deeply... therefore we also do. It goes hand in hand. Those who say it is unbelieveable probably live in a box and have no imaginations. Modern day has sucked them dry. Look at the world today... anything is possible... anything is believeable.
That's my opinion.
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12-06-2002, 12:06 AM
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