[beckett]

Dreher wisely chose to ignore comments made by Viggo Mortensen, the actor who plays Aragorn, about the villainous USA, killer of oppressed. Mortensen is incensed that pundits have compared LOTR:TT to anything American.

Dreher instead provides us with a thoughtful explanation of Tolkien's complex morality, including his admonitions about the blurred line between good and evil that runs through each human heart.

[don-o]

Dreher instead provides us with a thoughtful explanation of Tolkien's complex morality, including his admonitions about the blurred line between good and evil that runs through each human heart.

Of course the "line" quote is Solzhenitsyn. and he did not call it "blurred."