Tolkien the Matricide - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Neferchoirwen · 04-24-2002, 01:35 AM

Whoa! This thread is on fire!

Birdie said something about 'what if the mothers actually survived?' and it's quite interesting when I thought of it. Mothers---living or dead---do have a strong impact on everyone's lives.

But I disagree on the whole deal on the 'lost mother' archetype being overused. Well, archetypes ARE overused; they are like, literary 'constants' simply because mothers do die. It's a phenomena that happens to almost everyone. Since literature is a reflection of life, literature captures the dramas--even those that involve dying mothers.

I'm looking frward to reading more from this thread...

04-24-2002, 01:35 AM	#19
Neferchoirwen Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: RtR: 483.3 miles, Fords of Bruinen Posts: 512	Whoa! This thread is on fire! Birdie said something about 'what if the mothers actually survived?' and it's quite interesting when I thought of it. Mothers---living or dead---do have a strong impact on everyone's lives. But I disagree on the whole deal on the 'lost mother' archetype being overused. Well, archetypes ARE overused; they are like, literary 'constants' simply because mothers do die. It's a phenomena that happens to almost everyone. Since literature is a reflection of life, literature captures the dramas--even those that involve dying mothers. I'm looking frward to reading more from this thread... __________________ On really romantic nights of self, I go salsa dancing with my confusion. ~Speed Levitch http://crevicesofsilence.blogspot.com/