05-12-2000, 13:40
En effet, dans la lettre 131 à Milton Waldman, p. 153, Tolkien dit à propos d'Elrond :
Elrond symbolises throughout the ancient wisdom, and his House represents Lore - the preservation in reverent memory of all tradition concerning the good, wise, and beautiful.
Elrond symbolises throughout the ancient wisdom, and his House represents Lore - the preservation in reverent memory of all tradition concerning the good, wise, and beautiful.
Et il ajoute :
Its not a scene of action but of reflection. Thus it is a place visited on the way to all deeds, or 'adventures'. It may prove to be on the direct road (as in The Hobbit); but it may be necessary to go from there in a totally unexpected course. So necessarily in The Lord of the Rings, having escaped to Elrond from the imminent pursuit of present evil, the hero departs in a wholly new direction: to go and face it as its source.
Même si nous n'avons pas de réponse définitive, Elrond est je crois aux yeux de Tolkien l'un des personnages majeurs du Seigneur des Anneaux
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