Deep down we all desire a return from the dead.

The resurrection of Gandalf was one of the great moments in my reading childhood, and perhaps one of the most relieving scenes in modern fiction, and now cinema.The hobbits are not alone; the Balrog did not triumph; the great hope and security of Middle Earth is not lost, but is stronger than before. And more powerful, and more impressive, and more comforting than ever. Gandalf the Grey became Gandalf the White.

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