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| | Galadriel and Ayesha - William H. Stoddard |
 | | And Galadriel not only is overwhelmingly beautiful, like Ayesha, but, when she considers accepting the One Ring from Frodo, takes on the same quality of visible majesty. |
 | | The one great difference is that Haggard makes Ayesha fundamentally evil, though capable of occasional softer feelings; but Tolkien makes Galadriel ultimately good, despite her being capable of pride, ambition, and rebellion. |
 | | In the end, Galadriel is redeemed, whereas Ayesha is destroyed by those same qualities, which she is unable to renounce. |
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