[ SECRET POST #2637 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2637 ⌋

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Comments

[mimi-sardinia.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't be too sure about forgiving him of racism. He also had a tendency to make races who seerved Morgoth or Sauron - races like the Easterlings and Southrons - dark-skinned. Even ones like Dunlendings tended to be a bit more swarthy than Númenorian Men.

Tolkien made great use of what I refer to as "physical virtues". Physical characteristics that he tended to treat as sign that someone is either better or greater, or conversely is worse or less trustworthy. His heros were tall, good looking, usually good singers. The women were beautiful, had gorgeous long hair were great singers and dancers. Evil characters would have darker skin, be ugly, shifty-eyed. That sort of thing.

I can see where these things can be viewed harshly by modern standards, but I also see that Tolkien was making use of traditional tropes that appear in old legends too.