The Tolkien Heads

#64—“The Pyre of Denethor”


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This tiny chapter is so full of meaning that the Tolkien Heads manage to have an entire conversation about second-person pronouns! Add to this allusions to Greek mythology (the death of King Ægeus—ships with black sails!) and Norse funerary practices (“heathen” ship burials) and we have quite a lot to discuss. We deem despair to be […]
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The Tolkien HeadsBy Richard Hronek, Christopher Stohs, Nathan Germain, and Matthew Boutilier