Re-reading the Lord of the Rings, Chapter 53
The overarching theme of this chapter is sadness, sadness about the fact that things seem to come to their end.
It is reflected in Aragorn's clemency towards the deserters, the stillness of the country, the northern wind.
By the selection of the items that are shown to him, Gandalf can immediately guess what's happened, i.e. Sting is missing. And after the hesitation following his demand to see Frodo, he can even hope that Sam was able to liberate him.
But then again, Sauron might also be a bit of a sadist.
The other interesting point is the ethnicity of the Mouth of Sauron, the existence of Black Númenóreans having been foreshadowed in the way that it has been. Immediately the idea of a long feud, of which we haven't been told, springs to mind - the demands of Sauron, by the way, being strangely similar to the demands of the Treaty of Versailles. Aragorn's claim to be the legitimate King seems at this point to be more contested than at any other. Sauron might have ideas beyond malice, he may have a design for an aristocracy of His rule, a plan to order the world.
But then again, the Dead have accepted Aragorn and the Corsairs have fled from him and the Mouth of Sauron too knows that his claim to the Kingship is valid and hides behind the power of his master.
Which is considerable, but based on the fear that he is able to project, which stands and falls with The Ring, the applicability of his tools to co-erce.
It is reflected in Aragorn's clemency towards the deserters, the stillness of the country, the northern wind.
By the selection of the items that are shown to him, Gandalf can immediately guess what's happened, i.e. Sting is missing. And after the hesitation following his demand to see Frodo, he can even hope that Sam was able to liberate him.
But then again, Sauron might also be a bit of a sadist.
The other interesting point is the ethnicity of the Mouth of Sauron, the existence of Black Númenóreans having been foreshadowed in the way that it has been. Immediately the idea of a long feud, of which we haven't been told, springs to mind - the demands of Sauron, by the way, being strangely similar to the demands of the Treaty of Versailles. Aragorn's claim to be the legitimate King seems at this point to be more contested than at any other. Sauron might have ideas beyond malice, he may have a design for an aristocracy of His rule, a plan to order the world.
But then again, the Dead have accepted Aragorn and the Corsairs have fled from him and the Mouth of Sauron too knows that his claim to the Kingship is valid and hides behind the power of his master.
Which is considerable, but based on the fear that he is able to project, which stands and falls with The Ring, the applicability of his tools to co-erce.
Eingetragen Am/um
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