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| Oct 1, 2019 at 18:36 | comment | added | user16226 | Fair point. One could certainly make an argument that the patience of the hero's servant is of a particularly active kind. Unlike other forms of patience, it is not repetitive, since the hero is on a quest, encountering new trials. But it remains patience, in the sense that the servant is not pursuing their own ends and won't (necessarily) cease to be a servant when the quest is complete. @icanfathom's point speaks to this as well: the enduring patience of a soldier's wife (a fact of everyday life across the world) is a more active kind of patience as well, though not quite so active as Sam's. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 14:19 | comment | added | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | @MarkBaker yeh, I guess a quest is long stretches of patience interspersed with moments of daring. But for Sam, in particular, the long stretches of patience aren't really elided. He's strongest in the conversations he hold with Frodo (e.g. "Don’t the great tales never end?") and in his internal monologue, his observation of Frodo's quest. He's the one doing the worrying, the supporting, the calculating how much food they still have. His one great moment of daring is when Frodo is Shelob-ed. | |
| Oct 1, 2019 at 11:58 | comment | added | user16226 | I'm not sure I would count Frodo or Sam as cases of patience. They must endure, certainly, but every hero must endure suffering on their quest. They are striving, throughout, they have a goal that they pursue. Then again, maybe one could describe a quest as long stretches of patience interspersed with moments of daring. But then, most quest stories elide the hours of patience almost entirely and focus on the moments of daring. | |
| Sep 30, 2019 at 21:55 | history | answered | Galastel supports GoFundMonica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |