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No he did not. Tolkien never actually answered the question.
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Then, may I ask, who are we to decide? We can form our own humble opinion but there will never be a proper answer. It is my opinion that Tolkien's view of Balrogs clearly changed several times over many years, and perhaps even at the time of his death wasn't sure.
If this is the case - we will never know. We can have our own ideas which won't be the same as other peoples. Such is the power of books - Your views and images of places, people etc. are different from those of others. So why debate it endlessly, searching for a right or wrong answer, when clearly there is none?
~*Varda Elentari*~
PS. YAY!! I'm a shade of Carn Dum! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
[ July 15, 2002: Message edited by: *Varda* ]