Many Partings [Return of the King, Ch.16]

<p>Listen to Cam's silly little Christmas fable, <em>The Christmas Donkey</em>: <a href= "https://cameronfucile.bandcamp.com/track/the-christmas-donkey">https://cameronfucile.bandcamp.com/track/the-christmas-donkey</a></p> <p>Tolkien's 3rd <em>LOTR </em>epilogue evolves some metaphors and further develops his "cyclical" view of time and history. We see a wedding and a funeral. We see new mentors crowned and old ones cast aside. The "Old Man" trope returns and Aragorn's arc ends with the bittersweet resolution of Tolkien's fire / knowledge imagery. A magical illness hangs over the proceedings and an air of cobweb-laced <em>decay </em>looms large as we approach the Shire.</p> <p>Feedback & Theories: <a href= "mailto:secondbreakfastpod@gmail.com">secondbreakfastpod@gmail.com</a></p> <p>Instagram: @secondbreakfastpod</p> <p>YouTube: <a href= "https://bit.ly/2OT6RP3">https://bit.ly/2OT6RP3</a></p>