The Death of Gandalf the Grey

I do realise I have run with Movies a lot on this challenge, that wasn't planned but in a way I think it adds to the nature of the challenge, in that Tragedy is something we would rather witness from a third person point of view rather than experience it ourselves and movies are perhaps the easiest way to do that.  We don't outright ask ourselves what we think we would do in certain tragic situations, not without being prompted to ponder them, either by a thought provoking stimulus or by the suggestion that it may indeed happen.

None of this seems relevant however to this post but I will endeavour to connect the two.  The first of three instalments in the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, 'The Fellowship of the Ring' saw friendships forged, tested and in some cases broken.  One great test that was presented was when the fellowship passed through Moria and Gandalf the Grey confronted the Balrog on the Bridge of Khazad-dûm.  In this scene Gandalf is believed to fall to his death.  The Movie brings the Books to life in a vivid depiction and the use of cinematography that follows portrays the emotion, the loss and perhaps most cruelly the harsh truth that life invariably must go on.

I attach the video below depicting these scenes, enjoy.