Evil in Middle-earth
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Evil in Middle-earth
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Evil is ever-present in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional realm of Middle-earth. Tolkien is ambiguous on the philosophical question of whether evil is the absence of good, the Boethian position, or whether it is a force seemingly as powerful as good, and forever opposed to it, the Manichaean view. The major evil characters have varied origins. The first is Melkor, the most powerful of the immortal and angelic Valar; he chooses discord over harmony, and becomes the first dark lord Morgoth. His lieuten
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Theme in Tolkien's fiction
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evil_in_Middle-earth
date created:
2022-02-06T16:29:12Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T01:55:10Z
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