LotR1-FotR-Seq08

[Essex]

Originally Posted by mormegil

One other question. Why does Aragorn shun his past? I don't recall him being ashamed of being Isildur's heir in the book, in fact he seemed to be rather proud of the fact. But here (I think in this sequence) we get Arwen saying "You are Isildur's heir, not Isildur himself. Why?

different context, I admit, but book Aragorn himself says it at the Council of Elrond

I am but the heir of Isildur, not Isildur himself.