- Dołączono
- 4 Cze 2018
If I recall correctly, even in the books that didn't work out well for Denethor.
I'm not going to discuss the film's depiction of Denethor; it sucked.
But in the books, Denethor aged prematurely due to a number of factors: his wife's early passing, the perpetual dangers his sons faced; and Mordor's return to power. He had also claimed a palantir, and was mentally jousting with Sauron himself.
Now, credit where it's due, it takes some balls for a mortal man to match himself against the Lidless Eye. But Sauron was particularly clever. He let Denethor see what he wanted him to see: the legions of men and orcs serving Mordor, a power that could not be beaten. And so he afflicted Denethor with one of his favorite weapons, despair.
In the end, that's what killed him. One son dead, another at death's door, his city under siege, Denethor cracked under the strain. He tried to kill Faramir, and threw himself onto a lit funeral pyre.
But in the books, Denethor aged prematurely due to a number of factors: his wife's early passing, the perpetual dangers his sons faced; and Mordor's return to power. He had also claimed a palantir, and was mentally jousting with Sauron himself.
Now, credit where it's due, it takes some balls for a mortal man to match himself against the Lidless Eye. But Sauron was particularly clever. He let Denethor see what he wanted him to see: the legions of men and orcs serving Mordor, a power that could not be beaten. And so he afflicted Denethor with one of his favorite weapons, despair.
In the end, that's what killed him. One son dead, another at death's door, his city under siege, Denethor cracked under the strain. He tried to kill Faramir, and threw himself onto a lit funeral pyre.
