a semi related question

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Nick:	hatster (Registered User)
Date/Time:	Sat, 5/31/2003 at 9:38 EDT
Browser/OS:	Mozilla Browser V5.0-rv:1.0.2 (02/08/2003 build) using Windows dows NT 5.1
In Reply To:	Did the Witch King Know? <Aussie> [5/31/2003 @ 5:12] (2/19)
Subject:	a semi related question
Message:
I have the hunch that folks have beaten this one dead, but I'm pretty new here. I can't help but notice Shakespearean turns like this one. I'm wondering (though I should know this) which formative texts Tolkien and Shakespeare shared. Note that I assume that references like this are due to common roots, not that Tolkien meanfully refers to Shakespeare) -------------- ...each of us is an allegory, embodying in a particular tale and clothed in the garments of time and place, universal truth and everlasting life. (Letters, 163)

Message Thread:

Did the Witch King Know? <Aussie> [5/31/2003 @ 5:12] (2/19)

a semi related question <hatster> [5/31/2003 @ 9:38] (1/14)

Tolkien *did* read Shakespeare, and <Curious> [5/31/2003 @ 10:05] (2/13)

Whatever Tolkien's feelings on Shakespeare... <Cressida> [6/1/2003 @ 1:00] (0/0)
Was part of the reason..... <Golfimbul> [5/31/2003 @ 11:13] (3/11)

NOT CHRISTIAN! <Stewed_Rabbit> [6/3/2003 @ 0:01] (1/3)

Thanks.... <Golfimbul> [6/3/2003 @ 11:30] (1/2)

We don't have <Curious> [6/3/2003 @ 13:38] (1/1)

good point (No Text) <Golfimbul> [6/3/2003 @ 15:31] (0/0)

not so much religion as other factors <drogo_drogo> [5/31/2003 @ 19:01] (2/5)

My feeling is.... <Golfimbul> [6/1/2003 @ 1:11] (0/0)
Shakespeare? <gullygilly> [5/31/2003 @ 20:30] (3/3)

Or Christopher Marlowe. (No Text) <NZ Strider> [6/1/2003 @ 4:29] (0/0)
Or QE1's son? :) (No Text) <Golfimbul> [6/1/2003 @ 1:05] (0/0)
Earl of Oxford actually :-) (No Text) <drogo_drogo> [5/31/2003 @ 20:50] (0/0)

I doubt it. <Curious> [5/31/2003 @ 11:34] (0/0)

He was remembering the prophecy. <Curious> [5/31/2003 @ 8:19] (1/3)

A very frustrating question... <LOTR_nutcase> [5/31/2003 @ 14:42] (1/2)

Appendix A, <Altaira> [5/31/2003 @ 16:30] (1/1)

Thanks!! <LOTR_nutcase> [6/1/2003 @ 13:57] (0/0)

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