I'm writing an essay on relativism in LOTR

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Originally posted by Wulažg
Now we're going to have to go to fate and the fact that some evil is a necessary part of Eru's plan(to make people stronger etc.)

Nope. It's a consequence of wanting something "other". If you're directing it's every movement and thought, then you haven't really got something that's "other" have you?

Poor Aule find this out also, though in a different manner.

Melkor suffered from it also, though he wanted to dominate.

It's actually quite a common theme in his cosmology- the need for something "other".

The Vala eagerly awaiting the elves, for example.