Estelyn Telcontar
01-21-2002, 02:56 AM
Ladies and gentlehobbits! (drumroll) Please allow me to direct your attention to the most sadly neglected individual in the Lord of the Rings!
You think it must be a woman? True, true, but compared to this character, Arwen is a fully fleshed-out heroine, with a depth of feelings, described in detail.
This poor woman is not even granted the dignity of a name! She speaks not a word; her only reason for existing is to give her companion someone to speak to. She has only a second-hand identity. I speak, of course, of Ioreth's kinswoman, a country cousin who serves as a backdrop for Ioreth's monologue in RotK.
It is time we honour this worthy woman, for without her we would not have a wonderfully comic, almost Shakespearian moment in a largely serious book. Let's hear it for Ioreth's kinswoman!
You think it must be a woman? True, true, but compared to this character, Arwen is a fully fleshed-out heroine, with a depth of feelings, described in detail.
This poor woman is not even granted the dignity of a name! She speaks not a word; her only reason for existing is to give her companion someone to speak to. She has only a second-hand identity. I speak, of course, of Ioreth's kinswoman, a country cousin who serves as a backdrop for Ioreth's monologue in RotK.
It is time we honour this worthy woman, for without her we would not have a wonderfully comic, almost Shakespearian moment in a largely serious book. Let's hear it for Ioreth's kinswoman!