Nobility in the books - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 03-07-2005, 12:27 PM

Oh I just happened to have the info to hand - I didn't "Know" until I looked - but certainly little emphasis is put on Gimli's status during the book - or indeed on Legolas' despite being (though never adressed as such) a prince. Indeed even Gandalf adresses them merely as Master Dwarf and Master Elf, and (though I don't have TTT to hand) Aragorn does not indicate their status when presenting them to Eomer either, while he makes his own rank clear. Maybe in this there is the sense that rank among the fading and dwindling races of dwarves and elves are irrelevant in the wider world?

03-07-2005, 12:27 PM	#6
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,463	Oh I just happened to have the info to hand - I didn't "Know" until I looked - but certainly little emphasis is put on Gimli's status during the book - or indeed on Legolas' despite being (though never adressed as such) a prince. Indeed even Gandalf adresses them merely as Master Dwarf and Master Elf, and (though I don't have TTT to hand) Aragorn does not indicate their status when presenting them to Eomer either, while he makes his own rank clear. Maybe in this there is the sense that rank among the fading and dwindling races of dwarves and elves are irrelevant in the wider world? __________________ “But Finrod walks with Finarfin his father beneath the trees in Eldamar.” Christopher Tolkien, Requiescat in pace