I don't have any huge points to make, but I would like to add a couple of things.
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It occurs, remembering that lovely scene when Faramir has given his mother's mantle that she is filling various voids in his life - it could be a bit creepy but it could be seen more positively in that they are everything to each other
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This is quite possible -- after all, both have very little left at this point. Both have lost members of their families. Eowyn would act as a feminine presence which Faramir never has because of his mother's early death, and Faramir would act as the protective masculine presence that is the role of a father.
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Evil is a convenient label - perhaps we should invent a term like 'ungood', implying the 'absence' of good
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Ehh... that's way too 1984.
As for what Fordim recently mentioned regarding sacrifice...
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Can we say that the one thing which concretely differentiates Boromir and Eowyn from Gollum is that B and E willingly sacrifice themselves in defense of people whom they are duty-bound to protect, while Gollum is unwillingly sacrificed by Providence after he harms the person he is duty-bound to protect?
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Boromir definitely sacrificed himself willingly in defense of others. I don't think this was all of Eowyn's motive, though. She was in despair, having been rejected by Aragorn and being forced to stay behind while everyone else went to battle. She did want to protect her people, but she also wants to go to battle for herself. If Gondor and Rohan win, then she will gain renown and honor, even if she should die on the battlefield. If they lose, then she will most likely have been killed in battle, finding escape in death and an end to her despair, knowing that she did all she could to aid her people rather than sit at home and wait for the inevitable end to come. She wants to go to war to defend her people, but also for personal reasons.