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And for you, Frodo Baggins, I give you the light of Earendil our most beloved star. May it be a light to you in dark places when all other lights go out.
— Galadriel · The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
The speaker gives Frodo Baggins the light of a beloved star and wishes it will help him when every other light fails. The gift joins practical illumination with the idea of hope in darkness. Its value is imagined most clearly at the moment of greatest need.
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