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Nick:	Takeo (Registered User)
Date/Time:	Fri, 10/31/2003 at 20:13 EDT
Browser/OS:	Microsoft Internet Explorer V6.0 using Windows 98
In Reply To:	The Steward and the King, #18: Open Discussion <Eledhwen> [10/31/2003 @ 4:16] (6/28)
Subject:	Why twilight?
Message:
I was just wondering if there was any significance to the twilight arrival of the bridal party. They came dressed in finery (gems in hair, stars on brow), clearly intending to look their best, and it's not unreasonable to assume that they timed their arrival to show them at their best advantage. Is there any symbolic significance that the elves are a people who look best in twilight? And, skipping ahead a page (sorry if this is a protocol violation), how does that jive with Gimli's assertion that the Morning will soon pass away forever? Given that the elves are soon to pass from middle earth, wouldn't that make the elves the people of morning, and humankind a "twilight" people? Did Tolkien believe we are in our twilight? And is there any symbolic significance to a marriage on Midsummer's day?

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The Steward and the King, #18: Open Discussion <Eledhwen> [10/31/2003 @ 4:16] (6/28)

What did you do in the war? <Golfimbul> [11/2/2003 @ 0:32] (1/1)

ooh! That's a nice thought (No Text) <Merryk> [11/2/2003 @ 1:54] (0/0)

Why twilight? <Takeo> [10/31/2003 @ 20:13] (3/7)

The fading of the Elves <Acathalion> [11/1/2003 @ 11:38] (1/1)

That rings true. <Takeo> [11/1/2003 @ 12:20] (0/0)

Undomiel = Evenstar, so it's poetic for her to arrive... <Kathira> [10/31/2003 @ 22:12] (2/3)

Right.� Faerie is associated with twilight. <Takeo> [11/1/2003 @ 12:13] (1/1)

Heavenly shades of night are falling... <Kathira> [11/1/2003 @ 14:02] (0/0)

Evenstar=Venus=godess of love (No Text) <Galadriel1a> [11/1/2003 @ 6:08] (0/0)

Because Arwen's second name is "Evenstar" perhaps? (No Text) <erather> [10/31/2003 @ 21:58] (0/0)

every one seems to wonder why Eowyn changes so quickly <Galadriel1a> [10/31/2003 @ 14:12] (3/6)

Tolkien the hard-headed <Acathalion> [11/1/2003 @ 10:14] (0/0)
What she saw in Aragorn <Hell-edhwen> [10/31/2003 @ 19:30] (0/0)
Faramir is not an unattainable hero <drogo_drogo> [10/31/2003 @ 14:48] (2/3)

good answere - thanks! (No Text) <Daughter of Nienna> [10/31/2003 @ 16:44] (0/0)
Psst, drogo_drogo <Altaira> [10/31/2003 @ 15:22] (1/1)

I'll be at a conference next week :( <drogo_drogo> [10/31/2003 @ 16:46] (0/0)

*lobs another shot* <Arquen> [10/31/2003 @ 12:05] (1/4)

*swings bat* <Curious> [10/31/2003 @ 12:51] (3/3)

Eowyn's remark <erather> [10/31/2003 @ 21:55] (0/0)
Well, I took it to mean that she <Ascarwen> [10/31/2003 @ 17:14] (0/0)
Hey, Curious... <notlost> [10/31/2003 @ 14:23] (0/0)

Could Frodo have possibly written this chapter? <Curious> [10/31/2003 @ 11:53] (1/2)

A quick thought... <Aragorn_Hellessar> [10/31/2003 @ 12:19] (1/1)

Well, <Curious> [10/31/2003 @ 12:27] (0/0)

*hurls cannonball of questions* <PhantomS> [10/31/2003 @ 9:04] (2/2)

*dodges cannonball* <erather> [10/31/2003 @ 21:49] (0/0)
*Bats away cannonball with answers.* <Curious> [10/31/2003 @ 11:15] (0/0)

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