that utilitarianism or pragmatism are bad things, I just don't think Tolkien
subscribed to those philosophies.
And I agree that Frodo's personal sacrifice was more than just charity, as I
tried to state in response to
Penthe.
“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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