| Why doesn't Aragorn give Faramir a more specific warning about the vision of Denethor that he might see in the palantir? Or is he afraid that knowing the details might cause Faramir to inadvertently summon those images? Poor Faramir tries to make peace with this memory of his father--"the farewell he had been uanble to give his father." Interesting to contemplate what would have happened to Denethor if Gandalf had prevented him from killing himself; it is difficult to imagine him with another as his master. There is a role reversal midway in the chapter--Aragorn comforts Faramir as if he were his father (well, not Denethor--someone nicer), then Faramir turns around and gives Aragorn advice about raising Eldarion. |
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