AH! Yes-yes...I think that what Eowyn felt was as the others have said, a crush, for she did not know Aragorn personally. However! One must remember that Aragorn is a legend of Rohan! He had been there and influenced their people. Surely, since he spoke their language, and knew their laws, he must have seemed a Lord of Rohanish ways.
Who would not be taken in by one so obviously loved and respected by all around him?
Eowyn did not know that Aragorn was engaged. If she had known this from the beginning, she would not have felt what she did. It's too bad no one told her until she was already smitten.
Would she have gone out and killed the Captain of The Nazgul without that fire in her heart? I doubt it. She might have tagged along, and if she had seen Theoden struck down, she might have fought with as much feriousity.. but...something tells me she might have stayed home if she had not met Aragorn.
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'Perilous indeed,' said Aragorn, 'fair and perilous; but only evil need fear it, or those who bring some evil with them. Follow me!'
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