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   From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm   
      
   On Wed, 6 Nov 2013 16:25:30 +0100, Raven wrote:   
   >   
   >    My best guess is that the dream is not to be interpreted as a mapping of   
   > specific events.  ...   
   >    Tolkien's purpose in putting that dream might be his fondness for adding   
   > depth to the story by putting in loose ends.  I suppose the only way that we   
   > can find out is if Tolkien wrote a comment on it in a letter or some scrap   
   > of paper that hasn't been published yet, or something.   
   >   
      
   Thanks.  That makes sense.   
      
   Frodo's other dreams seemed more closely tied to events that occurred   
   in waking life, so it bothered me that i couldn't see the connection   
   in this one.  But the "jumbled fragments" explanation seems   
   reasonable.   
      
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