It was rough and broken, fading to a winding track between heather and whin that thrust amid the cracking stones. So an oblique characterization, or a subtle lead-in to The Great River, where the Fellowship will have to navigate this dividing line of good and evil that Frodo sees? The use of the Anduin as the distant barrier: we don't tend to think of Anduin as 'dark', yet in comparison to Lorien it falls into shadow. Are these some of your favorites in Tolkien - particularly how he characterizes and animates the waters? A call back to the Silmarillion and Beleriand? He lifted his eyes across the river and all the light went out, and he was back again in the world he knew.ĭescriptions of s hard to say much analytical - I love the descriptions, and can read them over and over. The he looked eastward and saw all the land of Lorien running down to the pale gleam of the Anduin, the Great River. Soon afterwards they came upon another steam that ran down from the west, and joined its bubbling water with the hurrying Silverlode.
ARCADIA RUNES OF MAGIC FORUM TORRENT
Topical use of the word, or the almost subliminal reminder of Aragorn's lineage, and what he stands to gain or lose?Īt the head of the glen a torrent flowed like white lace over and endless ladder of short falls, and a mist of foam hung in the air about the mountains' feet. This time spoken by the would-be Elessar, the hope himself. And that use again, as JRRT does, of 'hope'.
There is always vengeance.' But the feel is the same in the book and I enjoy the iconic image of Aragorn, blade in hand, bidding Gandalf goodbye. "Did I not say to you: if you pass the doors of Moria, beware? Alas that I spoke true! What hope have we now without you?"Ī line I (oddly) actually like better in Bakshi's LOTR, slightly changed from the text: 'We must do without hope. He looked towards the mountains and held up his sword. The image of Aragorn, facing Caradharas, holding up his sword in goodbye to Gandalf.
ARCADIA RUNES OF MAGIC FORUM CRACKED
It was cracked and weather-worn, and the faint runes upon its side could not be read.Īnother symbolism here of Gimli and Legolas and their respective peoples, Dwarves and Elves, with both their kingdoms fading: the broken stone of Durin and the golden leaves - evocative here of the Two Trees but in our world of 'fall' and fading life? Its a chapter that makes me stop and savor the writing.īeside the standing stone Gimli halted and looked up. In this second post I wanted to discuss some powerful and moving images from the chapter. ** LotR Chapter Discussion, Book II: Lothlorien, part 2 **
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