Sir Gawain was an original Welsh hero who was sort of incorporated into the Arthurian legends as the celtic tales were absorbed by the various invaders. If you ever get a chance to read The Book of Arthur, there are some of his original stories in it.
Yeah, the ‘wind’ detail was too deliberate to not have been Manwe’s ultimate intervention. Blowing both Sauron and Saruman’s spirits away seems to have been Tolkien’s way of putting an exclamation point to their ultimate sentence by the Lord of Arda, whose province it was to pass such sentences.
Not sure why but the passage about Saruman being turned away is one of my favorite parts of Return of the King. You almost feel bad for him. I wonder what his thoughts are at the time. Does he not understand why Manwë would do such a thing and feels confused? Or does he feel anger. I like the subtle difference between him and Sauron too. Sauron even in his defeat tries to attack Gandalf and company and likely is not even thinking about trying to return West, but Saruman wants to go home.
I think that Saruman is that guy saying "but I did everything right!". In the end though, he acted out of sheer malice, to make himself feel better. I think he had to have some understanding of his own wrongdoing. Perhaps he thought Manwë was not wathcing.
Green Knight was always a piece of literature that I loved, up there with The Faerie Queene and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The film was weird and beautiful and I loved it, sort of like the film "Titus," a take on Titus Andronicus with Anthony Hopkins.
I look forward to this every week. I learn so much watching this channel. Thank you John Sierra. Outstanding 🙏
Same here
Sir Gawain was an original Welsh hero who was sort of incorporated into the Arthurian legends as the celtic tales were absorbed by the various invaders. If you ever get a chance to read The Book of Arthur, there are some of his original stories in it.
I chuckled out loud to "linguistics from linguine" 😂😂
Yeah, the ‘wind’ detail was too deliberate to not have been Manwe’s ultimate intervention. Blowing both Sauron and Saruman’s spirits away seems to have been Tolkien’s way of putting an exclamation point to their ultimate sentence by the Lord of Arda, whose province it was to pass such sentences.
Not sure why but the passage about Saruman being turned away is one of my favorite parts of Return of the King. You almost feel bad for him. I wonder what his thoughts are at the time. Does he not understand why Manwë would do such a thing and feels confused? Or does he feel anger. I like the subtle difference between him and Sauron too. Sauron even in his defeat tries to attack Gandalf and company and likely is not even thinking about trying to return West, but Saruman wants to go home.
I think that Saruman is that guy saying "but I did everything right!". In the end though, he acted out of sheer malice, to make himself feel better. I think he had to have some understanding of his own wrongdoing. Perhaps he thought Manwë was not wathcing.
Great vid as usual! Very interesting to hear some of Tolkien’s translations.
Glad you enjoyed it, I'm hoping to dive more into those in readings.
Green Knight was always a piece of literature that I loved, up there with The Faerie Queene and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The film was weird and beautiful and I loved it, sort of like the film "Titus," a take on Titus Andronicus with Anthony Hopkins.
I loved the film, it was everything I wanted in a fantasy film.
@@John-SierraGreen knight is outstanding . Iris Is so underrated Man I love this channel.
I would think that King Earnur would probably have had the Morgul treatment, I don't know why the Witch King wouldn't
This is almost certainly true.