Faith and Choices

[Raynor]

Originally Posted by Rikae

I mean, I wouldn't say that the professor implied any disapproval of Eowyn's shift of affections from Aragorn to Faramir; the implication being that she was not "fated" to be with Aragorn, so her ultimate choice was in accordance with her destiny, and therefore honorable

Well... what does honor have to do with it? Anyway, I agree that the shift of affection is not disaproved. She actually needed it, it melted the frost in her heart.

Originally Posted by Rikae

I don't see any disapproval in his portrayal of her interest in Aragorn

Aragorn put it otherwise...

Originally Posted by The houses of healing, RotK

...in me she loves only a shadow and a thought: a hope of glory and great deeds, and lands far from the fields of Rohan