LotR -- Book 6 - Chapter 5 - The Steward and the King

[Fordim Hedgethistle]

Originally Posted by Bêthberry

Oh, gosh. *sniffle, sniffle* Don't you all just love a beautiful wedding? And two! *hands around the kleenexes* And the brides both look so lovely, don't they?

Shakespeare had it all wrong. Faramir is the kind of man who tames the shrew, not Petruccio.

As usual, Bb's glib comments have sparked an actual non-glib idea...

I'm not sure that Petruccio and Faramir really depend upon tactics that are all that different. Petruccio isolates Kate from her family and her homeland, reduces her to a state of physical weakness with lack of sleep and food, and then teaches her the value of a good joke. Now let's see, Eowyn is:

1) trapped in the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith; uncle dead, love interest and brother gone to war,

2) physically weakened by her battle with the Nazgul and fading fast,

3) preternaturally grim until Faramir is able to lighten her mood and convince her to laugh.

Hmmmmmmmmmmm....