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- From: solovay@netcom.com (Andrew Solovay)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Redemption in LOTR
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.185552.15655@netcom.com>
- Date: 22 Dec 92 18:55:52 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.191634.26691@b11.b11.ingr.com> <1h7buiINN1vi@mirror.digex.com> <1h7cdeINN2ca@mirror.digex.com>
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- In article <1h7cdeINN2ca@mirror.digex.com> dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz) writes:
- >It occurs to me that never in Tolkien's writings is there a story of
- >true redemption.
- >
- >There are tales of decent people who do evil acts that they later regret
- >(Maedhros and some of the acts of the sons of Feanor spring to mind),
- >but there are no tales where a person becomes evil (ie, works for
- >Morgoth or Sauron) and later regrets it and joins the forces of
- >goodness.
-
- Arguably the Dead (as in "The Paths Of", not as in "The
- Grateful") are an example. They worshipped Sauron in the Dark
- Years, and betrayed their oath to Gondor; yet they eventually
- redeemed themselves and found peace.
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- Andrew Solovay
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