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- From: ctatum@eng.clemson.edu (charles tatum)
- Subject: Re: Boromir
- Message-ID: <1992Nov24.030007.19651@hubcap.clemson.edu>
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- Organization: College of Engineering, Clemson Univ.
- References: <1992Nov23.075845.11680@williams.edu>
- Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1992 03:00:07 GMT
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- In article 11680@williams.edu, 93rmm@williams.edu (Lord Jagged) writes:
- >It pains me, even now. A new alt base for the greatest fantasy author
- >to ever live and 7 of the first 8 posts are completely brain dead.
- >
- >Oh well, here's a question for you all.
- >
- > Is Boromir basically laudable and good, or not?
- >
- >That is: does he completely blow it in trying to take the Ring from
- >Frodo, or can we accept this as an expected effect of the power of the
- >Ring and forgive him?
- >
- >I have my opinion on this, but lets see what you all think.
- >
- > Lord Jagged
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- All that I have read and felt about Boromir is this: he was raised to become
- Steward after his father. As such he trained in the ways of war a lot. My feeling
- is that he is a little gung-ho, and wants to win no matter what. This can explain
- his extraordinary courage (he braved the road from Minas Tirith to Rivendell).
- I believe that the ring senses this (it is after all the dwelling place of most of
- Sauron's "real heavy" power--the stuff that would turn middle earth upside down)
- and acts upon Boromir quite strongly specifically upon this weakness (as far as it
- is concerned). Boromir doesn't realize what happens until it is too late, and Frodo
- has run off. He dies a hero's death, attempting to save Merry and Pippin. Even Frodo
- acknowledges this when he finally sees Aragorn again. I believe this makes him a
- tragic character in the LOTR. Could the story have gone on without his existence?
- Answer: if he didn't exist, would we ever know the effect of the ring on a man more
- of brawn? (Remember Faramir, the more knowledgeable one, did not fear the lure
- of the ring because he had compelled himself to fear it as a relative unknown.)
- Let Boromir be remembered with honor....
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- Charles
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- | The Wizard | email: ctatum@eng.clemson.edu |
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