Besides, the poor old Professor would be turning in his grave if he found out that we were comparing Eowyn killing the Witch-King to the downfall of an oppressive government. In the Letters, he specifically said that he didn't have anything like that in mind when he wrote the story. He just wanted to write the story, not compare it to anything else. Besides, he hated allegory.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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