Yeah, but on the sole condition that Gandalf is essetinally an angel.
I would think by the time you’ve read 2 lines you would stop yourself from reading anymore, since it was pretty obvious there was a spoiler coming up.
I only thought of this last night, and I hate to say it at all, but the ending of Macbeth is quite a cop-out. (I think the mention of LOTR brought it to mind.)
Don’t get me wrong, it’s a great play. Tons of great scenes, and it’s really tight, although that might be because of post-Shakespeare editing, which makes it wonderfully tense and claustrophobic. But Shakespeare comes up with these great prophecies for the Weird Sisters to deliver - 'moving trees and such - and concludes with “none of woman born shall harm Macbeth” Clearly, he forgot Macbeth had to die at the end, because the King of England claimed to be descended from Banquo. And Bill always knew where his bread was buttered. So he gets to the end and realizes he’s completely written himself into a corner. He can’t think of a way to change the prophecy that doesn’t make it wimpy, so he thinks to himself “If MacDuff was born by C-section, that doesn’t count as a birth! Shakspeare, you’re a genius!” But it just doesn’t make sense. I don’t care if “MacDuff was from his mother’s womb untimely rip’t.” That’s a birth. It’s a good try, really, but it’s a cop-out. Sorry, Shakespeare.
Marley, if you’re serious, you oughtta know that Shakespeare wouldna written himself into a corner like that, and his definition of “born” doesn’t match yours.
I’m kidding about his thought process, but to a modern theatregoer it does come across as a cop-out. Nothing to be done about it; I’m sure it’s a difference in historical perception as you say.
I see MacBeth as having a “twist” ending more than a “cop-out.”
I say, LOTR gets a pass on the ‘resurrection’. BUT I think it really screws up the ‘not by the hand of man’ bit, compared to Macbeth (which does it well, IMO).