This very likely is a topic touched upon before, but being a new member, I decided to just start a thread.
On my most recent reread of all the major Tolkien books there were two themes I found repeated over and over. The first was the destructiveness of pride, and the second was the power of forgiveness. I would even argue that pride is the downfall of almost every fallen character from Melkor to Thorin.
I wanted to present some examples of grace that were stymied by pride.
1.) The...
Missed moments of Redemption in Tolkien's works