Valinor is also known by the name the Undying Lands because only immortal beings were allowed to lived there. There exists a recurring misinterpretation of the name according to which mortal beings are granted immortality if they reach Valar, but that is simply not true. A very important location within Valinor was Eldemar, the land of the immortal Elves, from which they were banished.
The Elves were allowed to return at one point, which is why most of them set sail for Valinor at the end of the trilogy. The reasons why all of the protagonists are heading towards Valinor are a bit more complex than their location. We are now going to examine these reasons. As far as Gandalf is concerned, his motives are clear. As one of the Maiar, Gandalf actually stems from Valinor and he is just returning home.
Gandalf was initially sent to Middle-Earth on a mission and once that mission was successfully done, he could finally return to his real home. There is an issue with how Frodo was, as a mortal, even allowed into Valinor, but it is assumed that he was granted passage based on his efforts in defeating Sauron. Why did he accept? Well, Frodo was still physically and mentally scarred from his adventures and from wearing the Ring, so it is assumed that he decided to go to Valinor to retire in peace as the hero he is.
On the anniversary of his stabbing at Weathertop, he would feel the pain of his shoulder wound all over again. He had a similar experience on the anniversary of the incident with Shelob. What this means is that Frodo could never move on from what happened, and it would always come back to haunt him every year.
The only way for Frodo to find peace was for him to leave Middle-earth and head to the Undying Lands, in the hopes that this mystical realm could finally heal his injuries forever. He has a degree in journalism from the University of Montevallo, and is the author of the psychological thriller and time travel novel, "A Man Against the World.
His favorite actors are Tyrone Power and Eleanor Parker. At one point, he confided to Gandalf that a part of him regretted seeing the ring getting destroyed.
This prompted the wise wizard to tell the young hobbit that not all wounds heal even with the passage of time. This all led to the decision of him leaving Middle-Earth to go to the Undying Lands. When the Age of Men began and immortal beings like Gandalf and the elves no longer had a place in Middle-Earth, they needed to depart to the Undying Lands.
Arwen, who had become queen, made the choice to live out the rest of her life as a mortal instead of sailing west. So, in her stead, she allowed Frodo Baggins to sail to the Undying Lands along with his uncle and former fellow ring-bearer Bilbo Baggins. He would never have lived his life peacefully in Middle-Earth because of the pain that his burden of being a ring-bearer had caused him. So, instead, he went on to sail west where he could heal his wounds and be at peace before the Gift of Men would ultimately take away all of his pain.
Based on Tolkien lore and in the stories of the ages that happened before the events of the Lord of the Rings, it was indeed possible for one to sail back and forth from the Undying Lands. After all, that was how the elves were able to go to Middle-Earth in the first place. And during the peak of Numenor, a kingdom of Men, it seemed possible for different beings to leave the Undying Lands and sail to the lands east of it. However, after the fall of Numenor , it became much more difficult for one to be able to leave the Undying Lands unless given permission by the Valar.
That was how the wizards were able to go to Middle-earth during the Third Age of Men in the first place. But, as to the question of whether or not someone of mankind from Middle-Earth would be able to return from the Undying Lands, it is believed that it was impossible to do so.
Generally, mortals such as men are not allowed in the Undying Lands unless given permission. Gandalf: It is time, Frodo. Sam: What does he mean? Frodo: We set out to save the Shire, Sam. And it has been saved, but not for me. But it is worth considering what kind of reward the Undying Lands are. They are both clearly alive! Frodo and Bilbo sail with the elves and Sam returns home. While it is not explicitly stated that they stay alive, we do not see them die; we see them literally sail away.
Although Tolkien swore up and down that The Lord of the Rings was not allegory, it was undeniably full of metaphor. And the ship went out into the High Sea on into the West, until at last on a night of rain, Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a far green country under a swift sunrise.
0コメント