LOTR: Eowyn's Most Undermining Moments
There is an unusual dichotomy present within the female characters in the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies, from Tauriel being an amazingly strong and skilled warrior reduced to the love interest of a complicated triangle, and Arwen being a fierce rider rescuing Frodo from the clutches of the nine Ringwraiths on the borders of Rivendell, who later just seems to fade and accept death like a wilting flower.
Eowyn, the famed shield maiden of Rohan, is no exception to this rule. In lots of scenes, she is a sword-wielding, straight-talking, feminist icon, who points out that women can be just as essential as men in the War of the Ring, and have just as much cause to want to protect those they love. In the ultimate power move, Eowyn even beheads a Fell Beast, something that ‘no man’ has ever achieved, and battles against the Witch King of Angmar, defeating him in battle when even Gandalf the Gray could not. However, there are also several scenes in which Eowyn demonstrates a complete opposite character.
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It is true that in the books, Eowyn has this struggle between her admiration of the mighty and valiant lords in battle, and her own desperation not to be trapped underground with the women and children, only to wait to die a horrible death (or worse) later on. This leads her to fall in love with Aragorn, a very noble and worthy man for the princess of Rohan, but alas, he is betrothed to another, the she-elf Arwen Evenstar.
Unfortunately, neither Eowny nor Arwen’s love of this central figure is empowering for them, it tarnishes both of their characters in different ways, and for Eowyn this comes in the form of following him around and seeking his approval, and then almost
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