In The End

Why are the elves leaving for The Undying Lands when they're immortal? How is Aragorn so old in The Lord of the Rings when he's supposed to be human? What the heck are the things in The Dead Marshes? Well, hold onto your nerd glasses, my friends. This week we're diving into some of the intricacies, complications, and conceptualizations of death in J.R.R. Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. For more reading on the topic, as suggested in the episode, you might want to check out Amy Amendt-Raduege's book The Sweet and the Bitter: Death and Dying in J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.