Posted: January 14, 1998 at 04:44:51: by Michael Martinez
: I think the *flaw* of needing help to achieve their *missions* is in large part due to Tolkien's incorporation of theology and divine destiny. (IMHO not a *flaw* at all!)That's a good point. He certainly wanted a divine oversight for Middle-earth. The oversight was necessarily BECAUSE of the flaws, so there is definitely a strong theological theme therein.
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