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   Raven to All   
   Re: Tragic figures   
   05 Jun 12 07:32:18   
   
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   From: jon.lennart.beck.its.my.name@mail.its.in.danmark   
      
   "eruvatar"  skrev i meddelelsen   
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   > Just wondering if anyone had a thought on who was the more tragic   
   > figure in Professor Tolkiens tales,Feanor, Boromir or Thorin   
   > Oakenshield? Personally I would lean more towards Boromir. Dutiful Son   
   > who really wasn't thinking of himself when he tried to take the ring   
   > from Frodo but of Gondor and his father. In the end he acquitted   
   > himself by saving Merry and Pippin, but these are just my thoughts.   
   > Yours?   
      
      Túrin.  Basically good person, with two character flaws - pride and a   
   quick temper - which in his peculiarly evil circumstances lead to dreadful   
   fates for himself and those he loves.   
      
   Kirina.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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