why the Silmarils would have a different effect from the Trees themselves,
though. For whatever reason, she seems able to digest hallowed Light in a
way that Carcharoth could not. And if she had eaten the Silmarils, I
doubt that they would have survived unscathed as did the one eaten by
Carcharoth.
“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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