Sacnoth's Scriptorium is the blog of John Rateliff, author of the
History of the Hobbit.
Sacnoth's Scriptorium is the blog of John Rateliff, author of the History of the Hobbit. Here he talks about the surprise of encountering evil elves when first reading the Silmarillion in 1977.
I think seeing Feanor as just 'evil' is rather simplistic. I think he's supposed to be obsessive and jealous, but in general in Tolkein, I think the gist of the setting is evil cannot create things of beauty, it can only ape and corrupt.
I think seeing Feanor as just 'evil' is rather simplistic. I think he's supposed to be obsessive and jealous, but in general in Tolkein, I think the gist of the setting is evil cannot create things of beauty, it can only ape and corrupt.
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