The return of Sauron - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

ArathorofBarahir · 01-03-2007, 03:29 PM

I don't think Sauron with rerturn, but do I think that evil has been destroyed forever? No. Good and Evil depend on each other. They create the balance. You can't have one without the other. Evil can never fully be exterminated but it can be pushed back into the shadows until a time when it will manifest itself again.

Elladan and Elrohir · 01-04-2007, 05:01 PM

Well, it's true that Tolkien foresaw that evil would arise again, but it's not true that he believed in a yin-yang balance between good and evil, in which each depended on the other for survival. It's clear from the writings of the Dagor Dagorath that evil (personified by Morgoth) would have an ultimate ending.

Tar-Meneldur · 01-09-2007, 08:58 PM

Chould there be other evils from far out in the east, that Tolkien does not go over or is it just something that we must fill in with the greater part of our imagination.

01-03-2007, 03:29 PM	#1
ArathorofBarahir Wight Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Crickhallow Posts: 247	I don't think Sauron with rerturn, but do I think that evil has been destroyed forever? No. Good and Evil depend on each other. They create the balance. You can't have one without the other. Evil can never fully be exterminated but it can be pushed back into the shadows until a time when it will manifest itself again. __________________ King of the Dead: The dead do not suffer the living to pass. Aragorn: You will suffer me.

01-04-2007, 05:01 PM	#2
Elladan and Elrohir Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Halls of Mandos Posts: 332	Well, it's true that Tolkien foresaw that evil would arise again, but it's not true that he believed in a yin-yang balance between good and evil, in which each depended on the other for survival. It's clear from the writings of the Dagor Dagorath that evil (personified by Morgoth) would have an ultimate ending. __________________ "If you're referring to the incident with the dragon, I was barely involved. All I did was give your uncle a little nudge out of the door." THE HOBBIT - IT'S COMING

01-09-2007, 08:58 PM	#3
Tar-Meneldur Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Númenor Posts: 19	Chould there be other evils from far out in the east, that Tolkien does not go over or is it just something that we must fill in with the greater part of our imagination. __________________ "Et Earello Endorenna utulien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!"