Il razzismo degli Elfi

What if the true evil in Middle-earth wasn't just Sauron's fiery Eye or Morgoth's shadow? We go beyond "cosmic" evil to explore a much more uncomfortable and timely dynamic: Elven racism in The Silmarillion. From the hierarchy born with the Great Journey—Vanyar, Noldor, Teleri, Sindar, Calaquandi, Moriquendi—to the fratricide of Alqualondë and the Curse of Mandos, we will discover how the idea of ​​superiority based on "light" and lineage poisoned the Elven world from within. Three cases are emblematic: Fëanor's arrogance and the first massacre among the Elves; Thingol's racial insult to the Dwarves and the ruin of Doriath; the resentment of Maeglin, the son of a union marked by hatred, and the betrayal of Gondolin. As Michael Drout highlights in "The Tower and the Ruin," the point is radical (and perhaps uncomfortable): many of the great tragedies of the First Age stem not from an external demon, but from a system of unquestioned privilege, prejudice, and hierarchies. A self-inflicted evil, which makes Tolkien's work tragically realistic and incredibly timely.