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The Hobbit Hole IV – The Road Goes Ever On…
Posted on 08/04/2003 9:43:18 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Welcome to The Hobbit Hole!
The Road Goes Ever On
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.
TOPICS: The Hobbit Hole
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To: Corin Stormhands
I'm one of the top five, right? Mine should help...
To: RosieCotton
Your certainly top on our list.
36,042
posted on
10/27/2003 11:25:07 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Destructor
Didn't mean to talk about you and not ping you...
36,043
posted on
10/27/2003 11:25:36 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Corin Stormhands
Awww...isn't that sweet...
To: RosieCotton
sshhhh...don't tell g'nad... You feelin' any better?
36,045
posted on
10/27/2003 11:26:47 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Corin Stormhands
Because I could, I took a long nap. That's always nice...
The result of taking that sinus medication seems to be that my eyes and nose are streaming. Prolly a good thing I'm not at work or I'd have to keep explaining that I'm NOT bawling, I just have a cold.
To: Corin Stormhands; Destructor
Can you convert mileage to posts?I doubt it, fortunately. I don't want that many posts.
We could always ping him to each and every post here.
36,047
posted on
10/27/2003 11:30:55 AM PST
by
ecurbh
(Well... I'm back!)
To: HairOfTheDog; 2Jedismom; Overtaxed; Corin Stormhands; Lucius Cornelius Sulla; Sam Cree; ...
OK, let's see what the Tolkien Virgin thinks of Shelob:
A Tolkien Virgin: The Two Towers - Book IV - Chapter 9 -- The Journey Continues
August 09, 2001 - ThursdayChapter 9
Shelob's Lair
Woah! Okay, now that was unexpected. And geez, if you've been following my articles you know I've been rooting for Gollum, in hopes of redemption (though I can't say why I pity him in that way), so you can guess that I'm pretty disappointed. After everything, this turns out to be his grand scheme: lead our hobbits to their deaths and retrieve the ring? But, at what point did he make that decision? Certainly not from when he was first captured, since he didn't know that they needed a way into Mordor... or did he? Is Gollum really that clever?
On another note, the events of this chapter, Gollum's treachery, kind of puts the last chapter...and previous chapters in a clearer light. So, maybe Gollum was having second thoughts when he saw Frodo, his kind master, sleeping the night before--then Sam woke up, called him a sneak, and ruined any chance Gollum would have a change of heart. Though I'll say that there was probably as much actual likelyhood of Gollum growing a conscience as there was likelyhood that Saruman would actually come down at the end of the last book, and leave it at that.
Furthermore, the "she" that Gollum refered to during the Slinker/Stinker conversation that Sam overheard, the very reference I had completely forgotten, is also clarified. Shelob. Child of Ungoliant; older than Sauron.
Tolkien surely loves his dreadful spiders. Though they may not be in every book he wrote on Middle-earth, he's got them in the Silmarillion, Hobbit, and now in book IV of the Lord of the Rings (am I forgetting other memorable spider moments?). But, it is an effective image; the thought of such a large spider is pretty terrifying.
With that in mind, I was awed by Frodo's unexpected courage. His advance on Shelob was one of the most skin-tingly moments, one of the most legendary moments of courage to date. After all his moaning and feeling like giving up, here in his darkest of dark moments he finds courage to stand up against, and attack (with light) a horror such as Shelob. Maybe there's hope for Frodo after all...or maybe not.
"oh no." "oh no." I thought to myself as Frodo made his mad dash toward the pass and I read the two lines: "Too little did [Sam] or his master know of the craft of Shelob. She had many exits from her lair." What a sinking feeling in my stomach as I read that. And for Gollum to attack and distract Sam at the moment Frodo needed him the most was supremely frustrating--though, I might add that Sam's escape from Gollum's grasp was also a legendary feat.
As the chapter closes, not good tidings: "He was too late." Not good tidings, at all.
till next time,
keep thinking,
mark-edmond
Kanazawa, Japan
far(out)
I hope Frodo finally gets his moment to shine bravely against Shelob.
I wonder if Tolkien had a bit of Arachnophobia and that's why he put so many spiders into his story?
36,048
posted on
10/27/2003 11:31:53 AM PST
by
ksen
(HHD)
To: Corin Stormhands
Okay, but he doesn't get my frequent flyer miles nor my drink coupon books.
To: Destructor
(((((((HUGS)))))))
Long time no see! Howya been?
To: RosieCotton
Yep, that's pretty much what sinus medicine is s'posed to do. Naps are good too.
36,051
posted on
10/27/2003 11:43:14 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Overtaxed
'Course not. He just gets the glory and the title. We get to keep all the party gifts.
36,052
posted on
10/27/2003 11:44:38 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Destructor; Wneighbor
Hey, Dee! If you keep hangin' out here, we're gonna start hoping you'll contribute to the Hobbit Hole Care Packages we send to Iraq! Financial support is welcome...just freepmail Wneighbor.
You can read about our Kandahar care packages here:
http://freeper.the-hobbit-hole.net/chaplain/posts.htm
36,053
posted on
10/27/2003 11:50:47 AM PST
by
2Jedismom
(...the time draws swiftly to some great conclusion. Storm is coming. Hasten while you may!)
To: 2Jedismom; Destructor
Financial support is welcome... We will, of course, require two forms of I.D. with a check...
36,054
posted on
10/27/2003 11:57:19 AM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Corin Stormhands
I daresay, you kilt the thread!
To: Lil'freeper
Let's jolt some life back into it.
36,056
posted on
10/27/2003 12:29:18 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Corin Stormhands
Speaking of Jolt.... ecurbh and I have been out fixin' electric fencing! - Couldn't tell why, but it just ain't got the same kick it used to have... so I am just redoing all the connections.
To: HairOfTheDog
I hope ya turn that thing off afore he gets the urge to mark his territory...
36,058
posted on
10/27/2003 12:48:16 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Corin Stormhands
I quilled it again.
36,059
posted on
10/27/2003 1:19:18 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
To: Corin Stormhands
Well, at least I'm thorough...
See y'all tonite.
36,060
posted on
10/27/2003 1:51:21 PM PST
by
Corin Stormhands
(I came back. Where were you? Back later ~ Godot / www.wardsmythe.com)
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