mood of silmarillion

aeglos · 08-19-2002, 02:24 PM

I went back and read the Sil for the third time, thanks to forums like this it was easier to understand. However, reading it this time I recalled my first reaction to it. It is a very gloomy book. If Tolkien was using it as a basis for LOTR it would have had a more dryl historical tone. But it is very moody and all the charactors are doomed.

Since he died before it could be finished I wonder where, if he had lived he would have taken this theme. When I read the LOTR it is an upbeat adventure,why is the SIL so dark, and why at the end when their last great enemy is gone do the elves give in and start leaving Middle Earth?

08-19-2002, 02:24 PM	#1
aeglos Hobbit Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Salem Oregon Posts: 17	mood of silmarillion I went back and read the Sil for the third time, thanks to forums like this it was easier to understand. However, reading it this time I recalled my first reaction to it. It is a very gloomy book. If Tolkien was using it as a basis for LOTR it would have had a more dryl historical tone. But it is very moody and all the charactors are doomed. Since he died before it could be finished I wonder where, if he had lived he would have taken this theme. When I read the LOTR it is an upbeat adventure,why is the SIL so dark, and why at the end when their last great enemy is gone do the elves give in and start leaving Middle Earth? __________________ all that glitters is not gold all that wander are not lost

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