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Originally Posted by Agan
However, it seems Éowyn didn't have any other option - she must marry because that's what women do. She fought against what was considered normal, and was put to her "proper" place in the end, no matter if she did it voluntarily or not. Just so she'd get a happy ending. Just like women who did something unconventional or immoral in very old novels were in the end accepted again as members of society, and got a nice marriage and such. It's too conservative for my taste.
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Exactly. Well phrased, m'dear.
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Originally Posted by Mith
But she is not taking a male appointed role. She is taking the role she chooses for herself
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But the role she takes clearly mirrors the role she was given earlier when she had to take care of Théoden. So, in a way, it
is a male appointed role.
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Originally Posted by Mith
Incidentally when she was given the opportunity to lead her people she didn't take it. She has spirit certainly but I think in times of peace she would not seek battle for its own sake. I see no blood lust in her. Her mission is to defend her king not simply fight else she would have stayed with Elfhelm's Eored.
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Yes, and I could imagine her later having a similar mission to defend her people, or something. She does have a sort of warrior spirit in her, after all.
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Originally Posted by Agan
Or then it's some cultural thing since I see all of us Finns have complained about it.
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Yeah, indeed: Finland is the notorious feminist country where women have always been at least quite equal with men and got the right to vote third in the world and first in Europe.
