WWII and LOTR..Compare/Contrast

[davem]

Originally Posted by Bergil

I (and Tolkien) dispise allegory.

I can't speak for you, of course, but I have to say that Tolkien's attitude towards allegory was far more subtle. As I pointed out in my earlier post, Tolkien was not averse to using allegory when he felt it served his purpose - & he used it very effectively.

Leaf by Niggle is clearly an allegory, so is the story of the Tower in the Beowulf lecture & he even went so far as to provide an allegorical intrerpretation of part of his own story Smith of Wooton Major