Éowyn has her heart set on the one man who was strong enough to resist the ring, and all he says is, “I cannot give you what you seek,” because he’s faithful to a woman he doesn’t know if he’ll ever see again. It’s not lost on me that she finally ends up with the only other man who could have had the ring and let it go. She knows how to pick ‘em.
Martin_DM on November 21st, 2018 at 23:06 UTC »
Éowyn has her heart set on the one man who was strong enough to resist the ring, and all he says is, “I cannot give you what you seek,” because he’s faithful to a woman he doesn’t know if he’ll ever see again. It’s not lost on me that she finally ends up with the only other man who could have had the ring and let it go. She knows how to pick ‘em.
ToTheBlack on November 21st, 2018 at 23:14 UTC »
I've read that Tolkien wrote The Lord of The Rings as a celebration of male friendship, inspired by his own friendships and WWI comrades.
EDIT: Here's a proper source written by someone who did their research.
https://skemman.is/bitstream/1946/11540/1/Thordarson_BAEssayFinalVersion.pdf
dbologics on November 22nd, 2018 at 01:14 UTC »
I would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my king