I have been catching up to the class. I have just been listening to the episodes of Saruman's betrayal, as told by Gandalf during the Council of Eldrond.
When he first arrives there, Gandalf states:
‘But I rode to the foot of Orthanc, and came to the stair of Saruman and there he met me and led me up to his high chamber.'
I find it interesting that he calls it the stair of Saruman, even though it had been emphasized before that Orthanc was not built by Saruman. Gandalf could also have used the stair of Orthanc or just 'a great stair'. Is there any symbolic meaning or importance to this?
I would assume that Gandalf talks about the stair to the entrance to the tower or does he talk about all the stairs inside the tower here too?
When he first arrives there, Gandalf states:
‘But I rode to the foot of Orthanc, and came to the stair of Saruman and there he met me and led me up to his high chamber.'
I find it interesting that he calls it the stair of Saruman, even though it had been emphasized before that Orthanc was not built by Saruman. Gandalf could also have used the stair of Orthanc or just 'a great stair'. Is there any symbolic meaning or importance to this?
I would assume that Gandalf talks about the stair to the entrance to the tower or does he talk about all the stairs inside the tower here too?