Oh, you are going to write that story, aren't you/ Hint, hint!
You've got the point exactly here, Roisin.
Aragorn is very much a throwback to his ancestors and the symbol of the 'good' man who could lay down his life without fear.
I've often wondered what this belief of Tolkien's about there being no need to fear death, tells us about his own Faith.
Yes, the more you read, the better it gets. There is a paper that someone did for a PhD called 'Tales of the heir of Isildur' [it's online at Viggo-works] and it starts off by saying that in order to fully understand Aragorn you have to read everything Tolkien ever wrote about Middle-earth. Good point, I think.
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You've got the point exactly here, Roisin.
Aragorn is very much a throwback to his ancestors and the symbol of the 'good' man who could lay down his life without fear.
I've often wondered what this belief of Tolkien's about there being no need to fear death, tells us about his own Faith.
Yes, the more you read, the better it gets. There is a paper that someone did for a PhD called 'Tales of the heir of Isildur' [it's online at Viggo-works] and it starts off by saying that in order to fully understand Aragorn you have to read everything Tolkien ever wrote about Middle-earth. Good point, I think.