Timeline for When Frodo offers her the ring, is Galadriel really tempted, or just making a point?

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Apr 21, 2015 at 14:52	comment	added	Edheldil		@DanBarron - I think it's figurative - after all, Galadriel probably was not really towering above the trees a moment ago, else somebody was bound to come to investigate :). Rather, that was her pride and power projecting to Frodo's mind. And when she turned her back on the ring, she also finally rejected the Oath of Feanor ("I will go West ...") and her prideful former self. What remains is a child wanting to get back to her parents. Well, at least that's how I understand that scene :).
Apr 20, 2015 at 17:29	comment	added	user8719		@DanBarron - I think both are valid interpretations although I do agree that the contrast in the descriptive language before and after is striking.
Apr 20, 2015 at 15:59	comment	added	Dan Barron		You're reading shrunken to mean she was actually, physically smaller after the vision than she was before the vision? I would disagree with that. I read it that she is shrunken back to her previous self.
Apr 20, 2015 at 15:02	history	answered	Edheldil	CC BY-SA 3.0