 Commentators have remarked Boromir's vainglory and desire for the Ring.They have compared him both to other proud Tolkien characters such as Fëanor and Túrin Turambar, and to medieval heroes like Roland, who also blew a horn in battle and was killed in the wilderness.His boat-funeral, too, has been likened to Scyld Scefing's ship-burial in "Beowulf".