Boromir is told that in Imladris, in Rivendell, counsels will be taken “stronger than Morgul spells”. But there is subtlety contained within the verse as well. Elrond will command Frodo, the Halfling, to bring forth Isildur’s Bane, the One Ring, to display it to the Council. Aragorn will show Boromir the shards of Narsil, the Sword that was broken. Within minutes of Boromir’s telling of his story much of its meaning will have been revealed. Is this why the guidance that the dream offers is so explicit? Compared to Frodo’s dreams this is guidance for children and yet it has such an air of mystery about it. The only guidance that Denethor offers is that Imladris is the home of Elrond Half-elven and that it lies in the north. Every line in the verse has an explicit interpretation and yet, as far as we can tell from Boromir’s telling of the story, no-one in Gondor seems to be able to say what the verse means. We know how the Council will end but Frodo sits in a cloud of unknowing.īoromir’s dream is completely different. Even as we ponder Boromir and Faramir’s dream we know that Frodo sits silently among the company even as that destiny unfolds. He just has to keep on walking toward his destiny one step at a time. We know where these dreams will eventually take Frodo but Frodo himself has absolutely no idea. Compare it with the dreams that Frodo has at Crickhollow or in the House of Tom Bombadil. The first thing that we notice is that the dream is intended to hit the dreamer right between the eyes.
There shall be shown a token That Doom is near at hand, For Isildur's Bane shall waken, And the Halfling forth shall stand. What does the dream mean? Seek for the Sword that was broken: In Imladris it dwells There shall be counsels taken Stronger than Morgul-spells. The hero must go upon a perilous journey “over many dangerous leagues” and must bring back a gift to his people. Everything about the dream has something of the heroic quest about it. That Boromir is at the Council and not his brother is because of Boromir’s masterful nature. I like the way he captures Boromir’s insecurity of character. “A dream came to my brother in a troubled sleep and afterwards a like dream came oft to him again, and once to me.” Boromir by Donato Giancola. We are left in no doubt that Boromir is supposed to be here except it was not supposed to be Boromir but his brother, Faramir. This is no dream that begins and ends in doubt but one that is crystal clear in its content and it has been repeated over and over again. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien (Harper Collins 1991) pp.239-240īoromir is in Rivendell because he has been called there by a dream.
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