elentari3018
Nargothrond
Oct 2 2024, 1:27am
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Just want to emphasize this part you have:
But the idea that Sauron is undefeatable is not only explicitly made, but also seems necessary to me. That's because it sharpens to an awful point the dilemma what to do with the Ring. There is the strongest possible temptation to use it. Or to do everything possible to deny it to Sauron (not letting it go anywhere near Mordor, for example). This heightens the faith and courage needed to do the right thing. The whole point is the Ring and the reason for Gandalf prolonging battles is to distract him from what is most important. That is the crux of the story and yes, the battles were all important but as the book stated clearly at the end of the chapter Mount Doom
"From all his policies and webs of fear and treachery, from all his stratagems and wars his mind shook free; and throughout his realm a tremor ran, his slaves quailed, and his armies halted, and his captains suddenly steerless, berft of will, wavered and despaired. For they were forgotten. The whole mind and purpose of the Power that wielded them was now bent with overwhelming force upon the Mountain."
I think this is such powerful description because all the battles' purpose was to regain the Ring. I think that the what if military operation without the winning back of the Ring would just destroy all of MIddle earth very soon within maybe two weeks since Sauron's forces far outnumbered the Western powers.
"By Elbereth and Luthien the fair, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!" ~Frodo
"And then Gandalf arose and bid all men rise, and they rose, and he said: 'Here is a last hail ere the feast endeth. Last but not least. For I name now those who shall not be forgotten and without whose valour nought else that was done would have availed; and I name before you all Frodo of the Shire and Samwise his servant. And the bards and the minstrels should give them new names: Bronwe athan Harthad and Harthad Uluithiad , Endurance beyond Hope and Hope Unquenchable.." ~Gandalf, The End of the Third Age , from The History of Middle Earth series
"He knew now why Beregond spoke his name with love. He was a captain that men would follow, that he would follow, even under the shadow of the black wings."- Siege of Gondor, RotK
(This post was edited by elentari3018 on Oct 2 2024, 1:27am)
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