Faramir's (and Boromir's) Dream - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Morwen · 10-19-2010, 09:07 PM

There is a difference though between Frodo's dream visions and the Faramir/Boromir dream.

The brothers' dream isn't simply giving information about the future (There shall be counsels taken ... There shall be shown a token). The first line of the dream verse lays a command on them to take a course of action (Seek for the Sword that was broken). The prophetic lines that follow then explain why that command should be heeded.

The command nature of the dream, to me, takes the dream out of the self generated category and makes it seem more likely that it is a directive coming from a source.

10-19-2010, 09:07 PM	#18
Morwen Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 274	There is a difference though between Frodo's dream visions and the Faramir/Boromir dream. The brothers' dream isn't simply giving information about the future (There shall be counsels taken ... There shall be shown a token). The first line of the dream verse lays a command on them to take a course of action (Seek for the Sword that was broken). The prophetic lines that follow then explain why that command should be heeded. The command nature of the dream, to me, takes the dream out of the self generated category and makes it seem more likely that it is a directive coming from a source. __________________ He looked down at her in the twilight and it seemed to him that the lines of grief and cruel hardship were smoothed away. "She was not conquered," he said Last edited by Morwen; 10-19-2010 at 09:16 PM.