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Curious (Registered User) |
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Thu, 10/16/2003 at 7:11 EDT (Thu, 10/16/2003 at 5:11 CST) |
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Mainly because every time the Valar try to interfere, help out, whatever <Ufthak> [10/16/2003 @ 7:07] (2/7)
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Do you think Tolkien |
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had such a jaundiced view of the Valar? Did he think of them as a bunch
of clowns? Or did he just leave room for his more skeptical readers to
think of them that way, because he refused to beat anyone over the head with
his own
beliefs?
“I dislike Allegory - the conscious and intentional allegory - yet any attempt to explain the purport of myth or fairytale must use allegorical language. (And, of course, the more 'life' a story has the more readily will it be susceptible of allegorical interpretations: while the better a deliberate allegory is made the more nearly will it be acceptable just as a story.)” (From Tolkien Letter # 131.)
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