im gonna redraw this one day but yknow,, that scene from the return of the king
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Tame a strong woman? Ex-fucking-cuse you? I would break his balls right then and there.
I can’t believe there are people on tumblr dense enough to think that Tolkien wasn’t sexist.
You realize that Eowyn is LITERALLY calling out Gondorians for their enormous superiority complex by joking about it. You realize she’s basically saying “all of your frivolous court will never shut up about us because they look down on my people. One of you should never marry one of me, according to them.” Eowyn is LITERALLY LISTING THE STEREOTYPES the Gondorian gossip machine will produce.
Faramir is playing along. By saying to Eowyn: “I would.” he’s not saying- “yes I want them to hype my own ego.” Instead he’s saying: “Let them talk, I don’t care about what people are going to say because I love you”. Not only is he, through these two words acknowledging the Gondorian elites are classist and snobby but he’s saying they can all sod off. Faramir and Eowyn can communicate in sarcasm and cryptic phrases because they are so in tune they will understand the nuances in what the other is saying.
The book LITERALLY SAYS that when Faramir kisses her he “cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.” He doesn’t care what people are going to say about them because he loves her that much.
This little piece of dialogue shows us 1. Tolkien is acknowleding his world has a Gondorian-Rohan hierarchal structure and is making sure this is addressed so we are safe in the knowledge Eowyn will not end up in a sucky hierarchal marriage 2. Faramir loves her so much he would GLADLY undergo the gossip machine and all it’s associated baggage 3. They are so in tune they can communicate these thoughts in two words. We are assured theirs will be a happy marriage.
If you want to be ugly about this couple would you mind not doing it on this comic I spent over 24 hours lovingly creating? Thanks.
make sure to read the poem at least 3 times over. skim once, and read twice. Skim and read once each if you don’t think you have enough time. Don’t let the length of it intimidate you.
annotate anything that will help you to answer the question. Answering the question, aside from literary devices on their own, is the most important.
be selective about the quotes and literary devices you find, and identify which ones you can write more about.
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