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- From: dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: Re: Eowyn
- Date: 21 Dec 1992 14:49:51 GMT
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- References: <1992Dec16.205604.23902@leland.Stanford.EDU> <BzDoL6.Got@acsu.buffalo.edu> <1992Dec16.233814@IASTATE.EDU>
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- In article <1992Dec16.233814@IASTATE.EDU> cffitzge@IASTATE.EDU (Charles F Fitzgerald) writes:
- >
- >What I think is the primary difference between Sam, Faramir, Frodo,
- >Merry, Aragorn, etc. and Eowyn is that the males mentioned did not
- >really ever wish to be warriors. Certainly the hobbits (especially
- >Sam and Frodo) never desired to go to war, and both Faramir and
- >Aragorn seem to be less then enthusiastic about war as a way of life.
-
- As a counter-example, consider Gimli. He is fairly clearly a lover of
- war, but he settles down afterwards to fixing gates, building roads, and
- working on the glittering caves.
-
- Also, we have no direct evidence whether Eomer continues warring or
- not. And if he does consider warring, maybe it's a sign that he still
- has a touch of barbarism to him, and Eowyn is showing evidence of moral
- superiority in settling down. (Certainly the more advanced men of the
- west all want to settle down and tend to business.)
-
- Interesing post, though.
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