Tolkien: imagery or allegory?

[leekonghian]

If there is anyone who is interested in Catholic symbolism in LOTR please read this thread.

forums.catholic-questions.org/showthread.php?t=835724

 

[meteoric]

japhy wrote
JRRT wrote LOTR to provide a mythological history for England. It is a pre-Christian world.

While true, it does not mean it is a pagan world; it is his “subcreation” of the world trying to be accurate to his Catholic beliefs.

manygift1spirit’s wrote
Another way to approach this might be to first point out that Tolkien’s world is morally consistent with ours

However, he acknowledge that he failed. In the end, he couldn’t reconcile orcs, a totally evil race, with Free Will.

However, I’m willing to overlook that little mistake for the sake of a good story.

Tom A.
“Nothing is evil in the beginning. Nay, not even Sauron.” - The Return of the King (from memory).