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[-] Shard@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah he was borderlining on messiah-ish but I think given Tolkien's distaste for allegories, he didn't want to make any character too messianic.

My reading of Aragorn is not of a messianic figure, but more of an example of what a true leader should strive towards. He left no one behind, " we will not abandon merry and pippin to torment and death." He knew when things were beyond him, parting ways with Frodo, knowing he would eventually be a risk to Frodo. Most of all, putting his kingship for the betterment of the people.

I think it resonates even louder for me now because of the current geo-political situation.

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