Timdalf
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I was reviewing some past sessions. And I happened upon the "Notes & Queries" for # 122 "Falling into Deep Water"and there I 4 Detail comments: "Was there any connection between all the water imagery for Frodo's fugue state..." Well, that term baffled me. It turns out it not a reference to J.S. Bach but is a term from psychiatry. "An amnesic dissociated state characterized by physical flight from an unbearable situation.A fugue is a more extreme form of escape than the more common types of amnesia, since the patient not only loses his identity but actually leaves his normal surroundings for days, weeks or even years. In fugues of short duration he is likely to wander aimlessly about in a highly emotional state, and to be confused and agitated when found...." https://psychologydictionary.org/fugue-state/
While I can see how such a term might occur to someone, I think perhaps the idea that our Frodo is in some psychopathic state of "escapism" or schizophrenia given Tolkien's comments in "On Fairy Stories" about escapism needs to be discussed along with the applicability of this term to Mr. Frodo.
While I can see how such a term might occur to someone, I think perhaps the idea that our Frodo is in some psychopathic state of "escapism" or schizophrenia given Tolkien's comments in "On Fairy Stories" about escapism needs to be discussed along with the applicability of this term to Mr. Frodo.