In talking about the Ents, Tolkien references Shakespeare's Macbeth: "Their part in the story is due, I think, to my bitter disappointment and disgust from schooldays with the shabby use made in Shakespeare of the coming of 'Great Burnam wood to high Dunsinane hill'. I longed to devise a setting in which the trees might really march to war."
http://www.shaksper.net/archives/2002/2459.html -Kevin On 7/6/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry Brian, but you missed the whole point of Tolkien's writing then. > He's fundamentally a mythologist. Ents are one of his mythological > creatures. They are no more or less real than the humans in his story. > > Just as centaurs, cyclops, the kraken, etc were essential to the > Greeks and the niebelung, valkerie, six legged horses, etc were > essential to the stories of the Norse. > > -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:163103 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
