Frodo "slowly fades out of the picture, saying and doing less and less" (L.327).
"The Valar fade and become more impotent...", mais plus loin le narrateur précise que cette impuissance n'est qu'apparente :"this appearance of selfish fainéance in the Valar...the wiser they became the less power they had to do anything - save by counsel".
Et "similarly, the Elves faded, having introduced 'art and science'. Men will also 'fade', if it proves to be the plan that things shall still go on, when they have completed their function. But even the Elves had the notion that this would not be so: that the end of Men would somehow be bound up with the end of history ..." (HoMEX,p.401-405).
Comme le dit Yyr, chaque chose en son temps ;-)) ainsi va la musique ;-))
Cathy