Why did tolkien love the bright sword

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Malcolm Guite Blog for poet and singer-songwriter Malcolm Guite. Sarah Zama's Author Blog. Idiosophy A physicist loose among the liberal arts. Follow Following. Wisdom from The Lord of the Rings Join 2, other followers. Sign me up. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. Eowyn has just come from a battle field where she a watched her uncle and father figure die b seen all the destruction and horror of war, but watching her own people die all around her and c faced the Witch King which really put her in a bad spot to say the least.

Once soldiers got a taste of war, they typically just wanted to go home and to sleep, which is a whole other thing to get into and I would love to elaborate on. She thinks she is going to get one thing, but will end up getting another and what she ultimately needs. I think he sees her as confused, and misguided and that is where the pity comes from.