The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen – Appendix A of the Lord of the Rings
Aragorn is only two years old when his father is slain by orcs. The
newmade heir of Isildur is taken by his mother Gilraen to dwell in the
house of Elrond in Rivendell. He is twenty years of age when one evening he meets Arwen Undomiel in the twilight woods, and falls in love. A meeting that will shape his life, and doom Arwen to a parting from her father and her kin beyond the end of the world.
After thirty years of perilous and lonely journeys, Aragorn comes to
Lorien and there he meets Arwen again. On Midsummers eve they are
trothplighted on Cerin Amroth, and together they turn away from both the shadow of the East and the twilight of the West.
Aragorn is crowned King of Arnor and Gondor after the War of the Ring. A long reign they have together in glory and bliss, but at last Aragorn grows weary of Middle Earth and lays down his life.
For the first time Arwen understands fully the bitterness of mortality. Cold and Grey she seem to her people when she set out from Minas Tirith after saying her farewells. She travels to Lorien and finally lays herself to rest on Cerin Amroth.
Tolkien uses beautiful imagery in this text. We shall look at how he
particularly uses the twilight and the stars. Why does he liken Arwen to a White Tree? What do you think is meant by Arwen being the ‘Evenstar’ of her people? What does this tale tell us about the ordeals of Aragorn? Do you think Arwen loses all hope in the end?
Join us in #thehalloffire as we take a look at the Tale of Aragorn and Arwen.
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Tonight’s ticket exchange offering is for a PAIR of tickets to the AMC Studio 30 in Olathe, Kansas.
UPDATE: We HAVE A WINNER. Vicki will be put in contact with the seller of this ticket, Dark Overlord. Thank you to EVERYONE for participating.
There will be another ticket opportunity posted around this time tomorrow. Read the complete details HERE. Good luck!
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‘The Battle for Middle-earth’, due out in 2004
The folks at EA Games have sent along some STUNNING screenshots from next years ‘The Battle for Middle-earth’ game. This game looks like it will ROCK! They’ve also released a very cool trailer for the game! Take a look! [Images] [Trailer]
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Ianthe writes: Today’s New York Times contains a write-up of how new technologies are changing the action figure toy market (action/collectibles are cited as raking in $1 billion per year). “Next month, in another example, 90 action figures from the “Lord of the Rings” movie trilogy alone will be available, said Jay Foreman, chief executive of Play Along, a maker of the films’ action figures. Such a rollout would not be possible without the new technologies, he said.” [More]
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At 39, Russel Crowe is a three-time Academy Award nominee. He is not yet the biggest box-office draw on the planet, but he has jumped Cruise and Tom Hanks in many directors’ casting wish lists. “He gets offered everything—or everything good—first,” says an agent. (Crowe turned down the Hugh Grant part in About a Boy, the Laurence Fishburne part in The Matrix and Viggo Mortensen’s role in The Lord of the Rings, among others.) But where Hanks and Cruise insinuated their way into moviegoers’ hearts by exuding amiability on-and offscreen, Crowe has pulled off a far more unlikely trick: he is one of the world’s biggest stars and is frequently perceived as one of the world’s biggest jerks. [More]
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CHICAGO – The Chicago Film Critics Association has suspended its 2003 awards to protest a ban on the distribution of “screener” videotapes to most awards groups. The Motion Picture Association of America banned all screeners Sept. 30 to fight movie piracy. The MPAA later decided to allow videotapes for the approximately 5,600 Academy Awards voters, but not other groups that hand out lesser honors. [More]
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