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Elladan and Elrohir · 11-27-2003, 10:47 PM

One small point for your consideration: Tolkien pointed out in one of his Letters (I can't for the life of me remember which one or the exact quote) that the idea of Death being a "Gift" to Men was an Elvish one. Basically, he said that we see things in the Silmarillion from the perspective of the Elves, who see Death as the "Gift of Men."

So, death is not necessarily "the gift of the One to Men," as Arwen said.

11-27-2003, 10:47 PM	#1
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	One small point for your consideration: Tolkien pointed out in one of his Letters (I can't for the life of me remember which one or the exact quote) that the idea of Death being a "Gift" to Men was an Elvish one. Basically, he said that we see things in the Silmarillion from the perspective of the Elves, who see Death as the "Gift of Men." So, death is not necessarily "the gift of the One to Men," as Arwen said. __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING