Why'd Sharkey do that? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

littlemanpoet · 12-28-2005, 07:17 PM

Wanted to die? Do you really think so? Granted, he's been reduced to a shadow (pardon the Tolkienian pun) of what he had been, but death wish? Do you really think he had it thought out that much?

Come to think of it, Saruman does seem little wiser than an orc at the end, what with his spiteful revenge and sneering way, especially directed at Wormtongue, who I feel is the second most tragic figure in the entire story after Gollum. Uh oh, I suppose there's a thread about most tragic figure somewhere in all this forum, isn't there?

12-28-2005, 07:17 PM	#4
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,066	Wanted to die? Do you really think so? Granted, he's been reduced to a shadow (pardon the Tolkienian pun) of what he had been, but death wish? Do you really think he had it thought out that much? Come to think of it, Saruman does seem little wiser than an orc at the end, what with his spiteful revenge and sneering way, especially directed at Wormtongue, who I feel is the second most tragic figure in the entire story after Gollum. Uh oh, I suppose there's a thread about most tragic figure somewhere in all this forum, isn't there?