Hope and Hopelessness - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

charly · 11-04-2002, 01:11 PM

Totally agree with what you said. I think hope is one of the strongest feelings on earth, it´s what always keeps people going. And it´s not a far-away feeling, like true love or something. We hope everyday.Sometimes for small things: good weather, a B in that Mathtest. And sometimes we hope for greater things.But no matter what we hope for, or what we put our hopes in, it comes directly from our hearts. Gandalf chose Frodo because a distant feeling told him he could do it, not because his brain decided to do so.

And Aragorn, the central peace of hope in LotR, he loves the "nobelest and fairest lady that now walks on earth". I can imagine at first he wasn´t sure what Arwen felt. After all,she was of the Eldar and maybe would choose immortality.But later,after she´d made her decision, it was Arwen that hoped.And so on.

And then there´s of course Éowyn.Her whole life is made out of hopes and dreams. Hopes that someone will free her out of her golden cage, and dreams that she can be free, live her life the wayshe wants to live it. And then this man comes, Aragorn, ironically called "Hope" in elvish.To Eowyn it seems he can give all that. And for the first time she experiences that feeling, this love...

Eowyn, Aragorn, Arwen, Frodo, Sam, Gandalf and all those others. They hope, hope against reason that they might be saved. Hope is the Number one driving force not only in Middle earth, but also in our world.

11-04-2002, 01:11 PM	#4
charly Haunting Spirit Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: middle earth, dork Posts: 84	Totally agree with what you said. I think hope is one of the strongest feelings on earth, it´s what always keeps people going. And it´s not a far-away feeling, like true love or something. We hope everyday.Sometimes for small things: good weather, a B in that Mathtest. And sometimes we hope for greater things.But no matter what we hope for, or what we put our hopes in, it comes directly from our hearts. Gandalf chose Frodo because a distant feeling told him he could do it, not because his brain decided to do so. And Aragorn, the central peace of hope in LotR, he loves the "nobelest and fairest lady that now walks on earth". I can imagine at first he wasn´t sure what Arwen felt. After all,she was of the Eldar and maybe would choose immortality.But later,after she´d made her decision, it was Arwen that hoped.And so on. And then there´s of course Éowyn.Her whole life is made out of hopes and dreams. Hopes that someone will free her out of her golden cage, and dreams that she can be free, live her life the wayshe wants to live it. And then this man comes, Aragorn, ironically called "Hope" in elvish.To Eowyn it seems he can give all that. And for the first time she experiences that feeling, this love... Eowyn, Aragorn, Arwen, Frodo, Sam, Gandalf and all those others. They hope, hope against reason that they might be saved. Hope is the Number one driving force not only in Middle earth, but also in our world. __________________ "Whom do you serve, scum?"