Greatest Man of Middle-Earth??

[*Varda*]

I'm a litle torn on this one....

At first I thought Hurin. Yeh! He defied Morgoth for 28 years, that takes guts! But....if you think about it...he didn't really have much choice.

He defied Morgoth properly at the beginning. But after that he had no choice but to live on, anyone else in his position would have been the same. And if, as Lush says, he did commit suicide, my vote for him kind of drops.

I wouldn't say Beren, because Luthien just did too much of the work for him.

Aragorn....he was great, but just didn't quite compare to his ancestors. It took courage to look into the Palantir, walk the Paths of the Dead etc. but it's nothing the people before him wouldn't have done.

Turin....possibly. He did manage to do some great things in his life, despite not having the best of circumstances.

[img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] Tolkien had to make this difficult didn't he? No definite quote like there is for the Eldar!