LOTR: Why Did Elrond Try To Make Arwen Leave Middle Earth?
The match between Aragorn, the future king of Gondor, and Arwen, the Evenstar of her people is a difficult one for many reasons. Their love faces many obstacles, including being tested by time and distance, as Aragorn has to leave to help the fellowship travel safely to Mount Doom for over a year, the love of another, in the form of the young maiden Eowyn of Rohan, and, arguably most significantly, the disapproval of Arwen’s father Elrond.
Elrond disapproves of Aragorn on many grounds, some more justifiable than others. In one way, it is because Aragorn is mortal, and will die, leaving Arwen bereft, in other ways, it is because he doesn’t believe that Aragorn is worthy of his daughter, the jewel of the elves, until he has proved himself by reclaiming the throne and reuniting the kingdoms. It is also because he knows that he will part to the Undying Lands at the end of the Third Age to be with Arwen’s mother there, and he doesn’t want to be half the world away from his daughter.
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This is why he tries to convince Arwen to leave with him on the last ships sailing west to the Grey Havens. Despite the heartbreak that she would undergo in being parted from Aragorn, whom she loves dearly, Elrond genuinely believes that this would be the best thing for her. It is also important to note that at this time, no one knows what the after of the ring of power will be, and if the quest to destroy it will actually prevail.
This means that they are all facing the possibility of a future where all of the light is smothered out of the world, and the evil lord Sauron has total domination and corruption of all those who remain in Middle Earth. Therefore, when Elrond shows Arwen the
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