Well today for some reason it got on my mind about what exactly happened at the end of Aragorn's life. So I decided to go read all about it in the appendices. By the time I was finished I was ready to shed some tears & that is coming from a guy who in his 40+ years on this earth has never cried over a romance in a book or movie as I have always been to "cool" for that crying stuff
lolBut I gotta say when I read about how she stood there with him at the bed & not wanting to give him up & all the things that he tells her, it was enough sadness for a thousand romance stories....But then what really got me teary eyed was the thought of Arwen telling her children good bye & walking away to what it said was a "silent" Lorien until she went to Cerin Amroth where they had first met & made her grave there. I could just picture sweet beautiful Arwen walking alone in what sounded like such a sad place now AND I had this sad music going through my head & it was just so very sad.
This book just never stops giving great stuff to read & think on & I am so happy I came acrodd the LOTR in life.
If I had one question though it would be why did Aragorn tell Arwen to repent so that she could still got the the Undying Lands? Reason I ask is that I would think since Aragorn spent so much of his life around Rivendell & then was maried to Arwen, that he would know that once she had chosen mortality her fate was sealed........Maybe I am missing something???
I hope the post wasnt too long but this really did move me today. Thanks for reading & have a great day!
About what Aragorn said to her I think it may have to do with what brought the Elves to Middle Earth in the first place. There was a big revolt after Morgoth and Ungoliant attacked the Valar and stole the light from the trees. The Elves that left were told that they would not be able to come back (Among those were Galadriel). But after the battle when Morgoth was finally destroyed many elves were forgiven. (Galadriel, however, refused to return still wanting power.) I believe that when Arwen chose a mortal life she inflicted that banishment on herself. I think Aragorn was hoping that if she repented (like Galadriel did when she gave up the Ring) she would be allowed back. I may be wrong however.
