Eowin kills Witch-King: Allegory?

I've heard that Tolkien disliked allegory, but it seems like this scene depicts the fall of an oppressive government.

The Witch-King is the Military dictatorship, or other dysfunctional government, and Eowyn is an activist. When everyone else runs away or cowers in fear (or is otherwise preoccupied with basic survival) when the Nazgul appears, Eowyn is brave and even arrogant.

The Nazgul says no man can defeat him, she cracks a sort of joke, saying that she is not a man, but a woman! She runs up and starts fighting, and wounds the Witch-King.

Then she starts to lose, briefly, before she gets the support of the hobbit (everyman, common people)who literally cuts the legs out from under the Nazgul (as the government would have its 'legs' cut out from under it when it loses the fear or support of the people)

Perhaps I'm just reading too much into this, but I think that even if it is not an allegory, Eowyn's victory is more symbolic because she has the courage to fight the Nazgul, and that is what defeats him, not the actual stabbing. I am reminded of the "Legend of Roland" in French history, in which the hero is killed not by a physical wound, but by being forced to admit weakness and blow his 'oliphant' horn for backup in battle. As soon as he blows the horn for help, blood shoots out his ears and he dies.

Thank you, Ultimatejoe, for pointing out my spelling error. I hope I have fixed it, and not made it worse.

[ February 04, 2003: Message edited by: little_bit_odd ]