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Kalimac · 03-17-2002, 12:25 PM

I'd noticed that too (Sharku beat me to citing the bit from Tolkien's letters [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]). And the bit about "you look upon a woman" is so close to the bit in "Macbeth" about "I was from my mother's womb/Untimely ripp'd" that it never really occurred to me that they weren't related. (The funny thing is that I read LOTR before Macbeth, so when I got to that scene I was thinking "Hmm, this sounds like Eowyn and the Witch-King" instead of the other way around). Interesting how the Witch-King sort of does a double-take after Eowyn says that, obviously thinking that he didn't read the fine print in the fiery letters quite closely enough...

03-17-2002, 12:25 PM	#4
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	I'd noticed that too (Sharku beat me to citing the bit from Tolkien's letters [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]). And the bit about "you look upon a woman" is so close to the bit in "Macbeth" about "I was from my mother's womb/Untimely ripp'd" that it never really occurred to me that they weren't related. (The funny thing is that I read LOTR before Macbeth, so when I got to that scene I was thinking "Hmm, this sounds like Eowyn and the Witch-King" instead of the other way around). Interesting how the Witch-King sort of does a double-take after Eowyn says that, obviously thinking that he didn't read the fine print in the fiery letters quite closely enough... __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.