Tolkien- For the Love of Eowyn! - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Mithalwen · 05-29-2004, 02:06 PM

Surely, the suggestion that Eowyn deserted her duty should be taken in the context of the apocalyptic nature of the war ....... Eowyn is perhaps the most realistic - or pessimistic about the outcome of the war ..... if she had any real hope that there would be a need for a ruler after the war maybe she would not have gone - but she is "waiting for the stroke of doom" .... anyway I think Eowyn is one of the most interesting and complex characters in the whole cannon ...and I really never quite understood Aragorn prefering Arwen...... who seemed relatively dull.....

Son of Númenor · 05-29-2004, 02:14 PM

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...Arwen... seemed relatively dull.....

....in all of the three or four lines given to her.

Lalaith · 05-29-2004, 05:17 PM

I think that to Aragorn, Eowyn would seem very young, almost a child.

Mithalwen · 05-30-2004, 11:41 AM

well there is certainly less of an age gap than with Arwen

...clearly he goes for the older woman... butif I remember HoME .... Tolkien was more concerned teh other way... that he would be too old and grim for her.... and certainly in the book Aragorn is not as attractive at first sight as Viggo Mortensen......

The Squatter of Amon Rûdh · 06-08-2004, 02:06 PM

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there is certainly less of an age gap than with Arwen

Only if you consider 2690 years to be a smaller gap than 64 years. He really did have a thing for older women.

Lalaith · 06-09-2004, 03:48 AM

Ah, but it's not just about years but experience. Aragorn had lived a very long time by the reckoning of lesser men and had a hard, tough, action-packed life, roaming Middle-Earth, even going as far as Harad "where the stars are strange".
I doubt Eowyn had ever left Rohan.

Lathriel · 06-09-2004, 12:55 PM

I agree, Aragorn would be too grim for Eowyn because she has already been sad for most of her life and she would need a man who could cheer her up.

However when I first read the book I felt sorry for Eowyn that Aragorn didn't choose her, but then I was only about ten or eleven at that time.

06-09-2004, 12:55 PM	#7
Lathriel Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Wandering through Middle-Earth (Sadly in Alberta and not ME) Posts: 612	I agree, Aragorn would be too grim for Eowyn because she has already been sad for most of her life and she would need a man who could cheer her up. However when I first read the book I felt sorry for Eowyn that Aragorn didn't choose her, but then I was only about ten or eleven at that time. __________________ Back again

05-29-2004, 02:06 PM	#1
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	Surely, the suggestion that Eowyn deserted her duty should be taken in the context of the apocalyptic nature of the war ....... Eowyn is perhaps the most realistic - or pessimistic about the outcome of the war ..... if she had any real hope that there would be a need for a ruler after the war maybe she would not have gone - but she is "waiting for the stroke of doom" .... anyway I think Eowyn is one of the most interesting and complex characters in the whole cannon ...and I really never quite understood Aragorn prefering Arwen...... who seemed relatively dull.....

05-29-2004, 05:17 PM	#3
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	I think that to Aragorn, Eowyn would seem very young, almost a child.

05-30-2004, 11:41 AM	#4
Mithalwen Pilgrim Soul Join Date: May 2004 Location: watching the wonga-wonga birds circle... Posts: 9,460	well there is certainly less of an age gap than with Arwen ...clearly he goes for the older woman... butif I remember HoME .... Tolkien was more concerned teh other way... that he would be too old and grim for her.... and certainly in the book Aragorn is not as attractive at first sight as Viggo Mortensen......

06-09-2004, 03:48 AM	#6
Lalaith Blithe Spirit Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 2,779	Ah, but it's not just about years but experience. Aragorn had lived a very long time by the reckoning of lesser men and had a hard, tough, action-packed life, roaming Middle-Earth, even going as far as Harad "where the stars are strange". I doubt Eowyn had ever left Rohan.