Most Tragic Moment?

[Bêthberry]

Originally Posted by Thinlómien

The point is to bring BD to RL not RL to BD.

What? Bring this looneybin of nightgaunts to RL? I don't think it ready for us yet, Thin.

I'd like to thank Noggie for realising what my point was, that in common usage "tragic" is not limited to just the formal, classical meaning, so it isn't a question of "mixing it up" but of clarifying how we use the word. After all, I myself was making an offhand nod to a particular meaning ....

And anyways, why can't we discuss Wittgenstein? LMP talks about Barfield. Or are we only supposed to talk about writers who agree with Tolkien or who Tolkien agreed with? Maybe his ideas about language aren't the only ones out there.

Originally Posted by Noggie

But is it tragic then if it carries a hope within it?

Well, isn't the end of every tragedy supposed to bring us back out of the horror?