Re: Burning questions about the Ring's symbolism and leitmotifs

"Mike Scott Rohan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I don't feel that's really the ambition of a cynic, or Lear's fool.
> That's destruction with a human voice.
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> Cheers,
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> Mike
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Thank you for giving me a new perspective on Loge, one of my favorite
characters of the Ring. I have always thought of him as the cunningest and
most charismatic of wits -- perhaps I too would have been done in by his
charm. The parallels between him and Mephistopheles I have never noticed
before.

But I think the nature of his character can be best conveyed through the
very element he represents: fire, and the old adage is true, that you should
not play with it.

REP