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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Brudewollen" data-source="post: 548182" data-attributes="member: 2274">Why Arwen...The Arwen sub-plot serves more then just the purpose of creating a stronger love story within the confines of LotR, rather then the appendice in the books.  One of the major themes of LotR is that magic is leaving the world, and with it, the Elves.  As magic and the Elves leave there is now this struggle to determine who will inherit Middle-Earth in their place - the world of Sauron or the world of Man (our world).  In the books, Tolkein is able to explain this in long passages - scenes and conversations that just would not translate well to the screen.  Through the Arwen sub-plot, combining the story of her love affair with Aragorn, with some elements of the conflict between Luthien and her father Thingol over her love for Bern from the Silmarillion, Jackson has compacted that entire complex concept into a neat little sub-plot that advances the story, is compelling on screen and also helps get some more female members of the audience into the seats.  A pretty neat trick of scripting if you ask me!As for her leaving?  She's not going to - those who've read the book know that, but by creating this conflict, it moves the story along in these sequences, creates a compelling choice for Arwen to make.  Character action, their development in a story, is seen through important life choices they make - without these choices, there is no development, consequently no story.  If you are going to put Arwen on screen for a significant amount of time, she has to do something.  Her big action will be to defy her father and go for Aragorn - love conquers all.  It's more like the choice Luthien had to make for Beren when her father tried everything to keep them apart, even giving Beren a quest that would surely kill him.</blockquote>

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