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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
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     Troels Forchhammer  wrote:   
   > I am fairly sure that I would claim that Boromir was not only   
   > stronger, but also that he was, from the outset, nobler. I tend to   
   > paint Boromir fairly dark, because I think there's a tendency to   
   > ignore his faults, but he was also a noble man and certainly no 'mean   
   > sort of thief' as Sméagol was already before he laid eyes on the   
   > Ring.   
      
   Boromir's fault is the fault of many men, and in many stories is not a   
   fault at all. He is the classic hero, noble and virtuous. He is fighting   
   an enemy of much greater power than he, and he is presented with a great   
   weapon. Dangerous, to be sure, but nonetheless a great weapon capable of   
   destroying the enemy and saving his people.   
      
   Of course he thinks the weapon should be use and of course he thinks he   
   is strong enough to use it.   
      
   In many stories he would get the ring and use it to defeat the enemy and   
   that would be the story. Hell, in *most* stories.   
      
      
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