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Post by Sparrow on Jul 12, 2004 6:31:01 GMT -6
The company enjoys a fourteen day stay at Elrond's house. Is this good or bad for the quest? Is fourteen days "A Short Rest?" Note the cycle of danger (encounter with trolls) followed by respite (rest and aid at Elrond's) which occurs throughout the story and other of Tolkien's works. Discuss.
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Post by Greenleaf on Jul 14, 2004 1:45:52 GMT -6
Fourteen days is not exactly a short rest. But neither is too long compared to other similar rests. Frodo and the other hobbits stayed in Rivendell for two months after their encounter with the Barrow-wight and the Black Riders; the Fellowship stayed in Lothlórien for one month after the passage through Moria and the encounter with the Balrog. In all these cases the Elven places in Middle-earth clearly act as havens of safety and recuperation, where the weary travellers can rest and resume their quest with renewed courage and strength.
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Post by Desi Baggins on Jul 14, 2004 5:51:28 GMT -6
That is basically what I was thinking....short compared to other stays at these places............
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Post by Androga Erindalant on Jul 23, 2004 5:02:26 GMT -6
The period is a lot shorter than Frodo's stay in Rivendell, but none of this fellowship were as badly wounded as Frodo was. Frodo needed a lot more time to recover his strength, and even after that his wound would always afflict him. I think they were given enough rest they needed.
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Post by Stormrider on Jul 28, 2012 13:46:00 GMT -6
If I had been any of the characters in Tolkien's tales, I would be very exhausted from the adventures he puts his characters in! I am glad that he provided rest times (no matter the length needed) for them in all his tales. As a reader, especially my first time through, I couldn't put the book(s) down during all of the exciting and scarely action sequences. I know I was staying up very late at night and not getting as much sleep. So the restful chapters may have been for Tolkien's readers just as much as for his characters!
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