To me the villainy of Grima Wormtongue is the most despicable in LOTR. Sauron, Saruman, Smaug (whom I love) et. al. all have a certain granndeur about them, or a lothsome nastiness like Shelob. But Grima Wormtongue is a pernicious little monster. He destroys Theoden's self-confidence and pollutes the mind of Eowyn, and for what? No great or grand evil cause, just lust, plus perhaps some gold.
Dean Swift wrote- rather unflatteringly of mankind - that they were"The most vicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the face of the earth."
That is an apt description of Grima.
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