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Is the Lord of the Rings an allegorical tale based on Christian morality?

>> No.15605411
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>>15605404
Yes

>> No.15605413

No. It was written by a papist.

>> No.15605438

>>15605411
In which ways would you say it reflects Catholic thought? I'm not a Christian, so I don't think it'd be qualified to point them out. Maybe you could?

>> No.15605489

>>15605438
The amount of superstition.

>> No.15605507

>>15605438
shame of sexuality, veneration for biological parents

>> No.15605527

>>15605507
Are those confined to Catholic Christianity?

>> No.15605538

>>15605404
It's not an allegory, but it's consciously didactic, just like the Iliad or Odyssey.

>> No.15605547

>>15605538
It may be unrelated to the thread, but in which ways are the Iliad and the Odyssey didactic?

>> No.15606391

Tolkien didn't like allegory, and I'd say he successfully avoided LoTR as allegory. He uses the term "applicability." The reason it seems like allegory is because he wanted his secondary world to echo the primary world. And to him Catholicism is the primary world. His intent isn't to preach to you.
>But I cordially dislike allegory in all its manifestations, and always have done so since I grew old and wary enough to detect its presence. I much prefer history, true or feigned, with its varied applicability to the thought and experience of readers. I think that many confuse 'applicability' with 'allegory'; but the one resides in the freedom of the reader, and the other in the purposed domination of the author.