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Whom did J.R.R. Tolkien base his characters Aragorn and Arwen on?
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∙ 12y ago
None directly.
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He didn't directly base them on any particular persons or other characters, but he did draw inspiration from his own life.
Tolkien was in love with Edith Bratt, who eventually became his wife, but was forbidden by his guardian to marry her until he turned 21.
We can see two similar relationships in Tolkien's legendarium, in the love of Beren and Luthien (which can be read about in The Silmarillion) and in the love of Aragorn and Arwen. In both cases there is a father figure who does not allow Beren and Aragorn to take the hand of their daughters until they have proven themselves in some way.
The importance of his own tale of Beren and Luthien to Tolkien is quite clear, as he had 'Beren' engraved on his tombstone, and 'Luthien' on his wife's. He has also mentioned that the tale of Aragorn and Arwen is the most important of the tales in the Appendices.
But that's not to say Tolkien was aiming for a simplistic reading one might get from an everyday romance story, or that Tolkien intended solely to project his experience onto these stories. On one level the tales of Beren and Luthien and of Aragorn and Arwen function as simple romances and as something that was part of Tolkien's own experience, but they can be read much more deeply than that, of course.
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J.R.R. Tolkien based the characters Aragorn and Arwen on his own relationship with his wife, Edith. Arwen represents Edith, while Aragorn embodies Tolkien himself. Their love story mirrors Tolkien's deep affection for his wife and influenced the romantic subplot in "The Lord of the Rings."
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