tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629109195548240025.post2661620941459383831..comments2023-11-22T01:33:25.195+00:00Comments on Dr. Wotan's Musings: Wagner and Tolkien Thread: Strange Ring FellowsDr. Andrew Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16695949868240167504noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1629109195548240025.post-38095137302339841432011-02-06T22:11:48.295+00:002011-02-06T22:11:48.295+00:00Hi Andrew
I am following your investigations into...Hi Andrew<br /><br />I am following your investigations into similarities between Wagner and Tolkien with great interest and, I admit, also with some scepticism, though I do try to keep an open mind (personally I dislike Wagner, but I try to keep that from interfering). <br /><br />I am going to challenge you a bit here: beyond noticing some vague similarities, what is the point? Is there any way in which knowing Wagner's story about Brünnhild can inform our reading of Gollum? Or a way in which the character and story of Gollum may inform our understanding of Tolkien's opinion on Wagner? <br /><br /><br />At a more pedantic level, I am a bit unhappy with your statement that Gollum ‘is also fated by Gandalf’ - Gandalf foretells, but he does certainly not decide, nor attempt to change, the fate of any character: Gollum, Bilbo, Frodo or others (he <i>does</i>, however, try to get them to fulfil the fate that he perceives is set for them, but that is not quite the same thing, in my opinion).Troelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07515711722551393026noreply@blogger.com