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Well, I think that's ostensible, as any reading of the author's biography can attest.

• rndmwlk 3y ago
  I couldn't disagree more. You can easily twist his letters to his son to create this narrative. If you read it as a whole his message isn't at all anti-marriage, he was a devout Christian who believed wholeheartedly in marriage. His message was that marriage takes sacrifice, faith, and a conscious effort (in his opinion specifically on the side of the man). It's a bit Kierkegaardian.
  • slashdev 3y ago
    Yeah, I agree. There’s no way it was intended as a criticism of marriage.
  • tigerlily 3y ago
    I think that might mean we agree. I guess I should have said I thought it ostensibly false.
    • rndmwlk 3y ago
      Whoops, I totally misinterpreted that! Apologies.
• johnchristopher 3y ago
  Well, when it's put like that ^^. It's just that I never thought about it in that way, that outlook took me by surprise :). I read the Howard Carter biography more than 25 years ago and I don't remember much about that aspect, I was more geeking about lotr at that time than Tolkien's opinions.
  • sdwr 3y ago
    Gollum is what really sells me on LotR being about marraige. He's a caricature of a woman hungry for commitment. I've seen the "gollum look" a few times in real life, and they captured it pretty damn accurately in the movies (more monstrous ofc)...
    • sebzim4500 3y ago
      I'm not sure if you are trolling, but these comments are telling us far more about you than they are about LotR, Tolkien or women.
    • jstarfish 3y ago
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