Eowyn and feminism and Tolkien

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Originally Posted by davem

Let's not forget that one of the main reasons for war is that a great many people get off on it...... (or that Eowyn says she will no longer "take joy only in the songs of slaying."

This could have been part of what motivated in Eowyn, but I think this is also what she got over...

More important for her in the end was to avoid

'A cage', she said. 'To stay behind bars, until use and old age accept them, and all chance of doing great deeds is gone beyond recall or desire.'