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   From: nyteacher@goschool.com   
      
   "Öjevind Lång"  wrote in message   
   news:7bmum7F24h91rU1@mid.individual.net...   
   > "Troels Forchhammer"  skrev i meddelandet   
   > news:Xns9C43A001CEBDAT.Forch@130.133.1.4...   
   >> In message  Öjevind Lång   
   >>  spoke these staves:   
   >>>   
   >>> There were clearly Ents in Gondor, some of them in prominent   
   >>> positions. One of them was Húrin the Tall, Warden of the Keys of   
   >>> Minas Tirith. Since "tall" is Swedish for "pine", we can clearly   
   >>> see that this is another example of Tolkien's fondness for playing   
   >>> on words. The by-name nimbly informs us that Húrin was an Ent   
   >>> related to the pines, and at the same time, it also indicates his   
   >>> great height. No Enting, he, but a mighty Ent, wise in years.   
   >>   
   >> Quod erat demonstrandum!   
   >>   
   >> One must wonder at the masterful command of the language exhibited by   
   >> Tolkien. As Rateliff so cleverly remarks, 'Tolkien is deft at conveying   
   >> characterization with extreme economy (so much so that careless readers   
   >> and critics often miss it entirely)' -- rarely have these words been so   
   >> true as they are for the Entish Warden of the Keys in Gondor.   
   >   
   > Indeed this is the truth. Just think how discreet he is in informing us   
   > that Fangorn was gay. A brief mention of "his queer eyes" and "the gay old   
   > Ent", that is all. (You can find it in "Many Partings").   
   >   
   > Öjevind   
      
   That would explain why the Ent-wives left, and why it took so long before   
   Fangorn started looking for them.   
      
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