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Éowyn ( or , Appendix E, "Note") is a fictional character in
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's ''
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''. She is a noblewoman of Rohan who describes herself as a shieldmaiden. With the
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Merry Brandybuck, she rides into battle and kills the Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the Nazgûl, in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. This fulfils the
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-like
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that he would not be killed by a man. Éowyn's brief courtship by Faramir has been seen by scholars as influenced by Tolkien's experience of war brides from the
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. She has been seen, too, as one of the few strong female characters in the story, especially as interpreted in
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's
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, where her role, played by
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, is far more romantic than Tolkien made her.


Narrative

In ''
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'', Éowyn, a daughter of the House of Eorl and the niece of King
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of Rohan, is introduced in Meduseld, the King's hall at Edoras. She is the daughter of Éomund and Théodwyn (Théoden's sister), and the sister of
Éomer Éomer is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth. He appears in ''The Lord of the Rings'' as a leader of the Riders of Rohan who serve as cavalry to the army of Rohan, fighting against Mordor. The name Éomer, meaning "Horse ...
. When she is only seven years old, her father is killed fighting
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, and her mother dies of grief. Éowyn and Éomer are raised in her uncle's household as his own children., book 3, ch. 6 "The King of the Golden Hall", Appendix A, "The House of Eorl" She longs to win renown in battle—especially since she is royal—but being female, her duties are reckoned to be at Edoras., book 5, ch. 8 "The Houses of Healing" When Théoden's mind is poisoned by his corrupt adviser
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, Éowyn is obliged to care for her uncle, and his deterioration pains her deeply. To make matters worse, she is constantly harassed by Gríma, who lusts after her. When
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arrives, he frees Théoden from Wormtongue's influence. Éowyn falls in love with
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, but though he respects her, he does not return her feelings, as he is betrothed to the elf
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. As Aragorn points out,, book 5, ch. 2 "The Passing of the Grey Company" her duty is with her people; she has to shoulder the responsibility of ruling Rohan in Théoden's stead when the war-host of Rohan go to war. Éowyn disguises herself as a man and, under the alias of ''Dernhelm'' (from
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''dern'' meaning "secret, concealed"), travels with the Riders of Rohan to the battle outside
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in
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on her horse Windfola, carrying with her the hobbit Merry Brandybuck, who had also been ordered to remain behind., book 5, ch. 3 "The Muster of Rohan" In the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, she confronts the Witch-King of Angmar, Lord of the
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, after Théoden is mortally injured. The Witch-King threatens that he will "bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye". He boasts "No living man may hinder me", whereupon Éowyn removes her helmet and declares:, book 5, ch. 6 "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields" The Nazgûl leader's flying steed attacks Éowyn, but she kills it, cutting off its head with her sword. The Nazgûl then shatters her shield and breaks her shield-arm with his mace, but is distracted by Merry, who stabs him behind the knee with a barrow-blade. Éowyn seizes the opportunity to strike the Nazgûl with a killing thrust "between crown and mantle". Then, as her sword shatters, his withering form collapses and he vanishes with a final cry of anguish. Éowyn passes out from the pain in her arm, and is believed dead until Prince Imrahil realizes she still lives. Éowyn is brought to the Houses of Healing, hovering near death from the effects of having struck the Nazgûl. There Éowyn meets Faramir, with whom she soon falls in love. Her outlook on life also changes: "Then the heart of Éowyn changed, or else at last she understood it. ... I will be a
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no longer, nor vie with the great Riders, nor take joy only in the songs of slaying. I will be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.", book 6, ch. 5 "The Steward and the King" After the demise of
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, Éowyn and Faramir marry and settle in
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, of which Faramir is made the ruling Prince by Aragorn., book 6, ch. 6 "Many Partings" Faramir and Éowyn have a son, Elboron., ch. 7 "The Heirs of Elendil"


Concept and creation

Originally, Tolkien intended for Éowyn to marry Aragorn. Later, however, he decided against it because Aragorn was "too old and lordly and grim". He considered making Éowyn the twin sister of Éomund, and having her die "to avenge or save Théoden". He also considered having Aragorn truly love Éowyn and regret never marrying after her death. Tolkien once described Éowyn as "a stern
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woman"., ch. 26 "The King of the Golden Hall" Later he wrote: "Though not a 'dry nurse' in temper, she was also not really a soldier or 'Amazon', but like many brave women was capable of great military gallantry at a crisis." (Here he alludes to Éowyn's statement to Aragorn: "But am I not of the House of Eorl, a shieldmaiden and not a dry-nurse?") In
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, the language Tolkien used to represent his invented language of
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, the word ''eoh'' means "war-horse" while ''wyn'' means "delight", so ''Éowyn'' can be taken to mean "Delight in horses". Her name in Rohirric is not given, but it would have started with the element ''Lô-'' or ''Loh-'', meaning "horse".


Analysis

Julaire Andelin, in the ''
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'', writes that prophecy in Middle-earth depended on characters' understanding of the Music of the Ainur, the divine plan for
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, and was often ambiguous. Thus, Glorfindel's prophecy "not by the hand of man will he Lord of the Nazgûlfall" did not lead the Lord of the Nazgûl to suppose that he would die at the hands of a woman and a hobbit., Appendix A, "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion" The Tolkien scholar
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states that the prophecy, and the Witch-king's surprise at finding Dernhelm to be a woman, parallel the witches' statement to
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that he may "laugh to scorn / The power of man, for none of woman born / Shall harm Macbeth" (Act 4, scene 1), and Macbeth's shock at learning that Macduff "was from his mother's womb / Untimely ripp'd" (as Macduff was born by
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: Act 5, scene 8). Thus, Shippey notes, despite Tolkien's stated dislike of
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's treatment of myth, he read ''Macbeth'' closely. Tolkien's First World War experience of war brides may be reflected in Éowyn's brief courtship. The scholar of literature Melissa A. Smith notes that Tolkien wrote in response to criticism that "In my experience feelings and decisions ripen very quickly (as measured by mere 'clock-time', which is actually not justly applicable) in periods of great stress, and especially under the expectation of imminent death". She notes that Tolkien indeed married
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just before he was posted to the Western Front in France. reprinted from Thum states that Éowyn wears in turn two masks, the first unconventional, the second conventional. She appears initially as a medieval romance heroine, a "woman clad in white",, book 3, ch. 6 "The King of the Golden Hall" standing silent and obedient behind King
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's throne. But soon it becomes clear that she is no meek subordinate, as "she looked on the king with cool pity in her eyes": she thinks for herself. Further, she appears conventionally beautiful as a romance lady: "Very fair was her face, and her long hair was like a river of gold." But, Thum writes, this too is swiftly gainsaid: "Slender and tall she was ... but strong she seemed and stern as steel, a daughter of kings." Éowyn's second mask is the appearance of a male Rider of Rohan, "Dernhelm", as, against orders, she rides to battle., book 5, ch. 3 "The Muster of Rohan" In
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''dern'' means "secret, concealed", while ''helm'' is "helmet", a covering for the head. Thum comments that this unconventional mask conveys Éowyn's rebellious nature far more powerfully than would any overt account of her thinking. Jessica Yates wrote that Éowyn meets all the requirements for a classic woman warrior: a strong identity; skill in fighting; weapons and armour; a horse; special powers, seen when she turns the Ringwraith's prophecy of doom back onto him; and being modest and chaste. Carol Leibiger added that Éowyn is the only strong human female in ''The Lord of the Rings'' (Galadriel and Arwen being Elves), noting that her rejection of the woman's place in the home leads her to fulfil the prophecy about the leader of the Ringwraiths, the Witch-King of Angmar, that "not by the hand of man will efall". Melissa Hatcher wrote in ''
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'' that ''The Lord of the Rings'' has as a central theme the way that "the littlest person, a hobbit, overcom sthe tides of war": that the real power is that of healing, protecting, and preserving. She noted that Éowyn tries the path of the warrior and then becomes a healer, and that some academics have interpreted her choice as weak submission. Hatcher stated that instead, Éowyn is following Tolkien's "highest ideal: a fierce commitment to peace", embodying the "full-blooded subjectivity" that Tolkien believed necessary for peace. She described Éowyn as "a complete individual who fulfills Tolkien's theme of peace, preservation, and cultural memory." Hatcher cited the philosopher Gregory Bassham's list of the six essential ingredients of happiness in Middle-earth, namely "delight in simple things, making light of one's troubles, getting personal, cultivating good character, cherishing and creating beauty, and rediscovering wonder", and stated that these are all seen in Éowyn and the Hobbit Sam, the gardener who inherits Frodo's Bag End and restores
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, "but in very few others".


Portrayal in adaptations


Early films

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voiced Éowyn in the 1980
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animated version of ''
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''. Elin Jenkins voiced the character in
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's 1981
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. Éowyn appears briefly in
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's 1978 adaptation of ''The Lord of the Rings''.


Peter Jackson

In
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's films '' The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers'' (
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) and '' The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'' (
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), Éowyn is played by
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.
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was slated for the role at one point. Although Jackson cuts much of Tolkien's poetry and song, he adds a scene with Éowyn singing a dirge at Théodred's funeral. Shippey states that the Hollywood studio sent a "script doctor" to New Zealand to bring Jackson's direction into line with their view, which was that since Aragorn needed a single love interest, Arwen could be deleted and "Aragorn should then marry Éowyn instead of politely dissuading her. ... The script doctor's advice was ignored." Brian Robb and Paul Simpson concur with Shippey that Jackson does, however, make Aragorn far more romantic than do either Tolkien or Bakshi, devoting substantial viewing time to Aragorn's "modern love triangle" and providing "clear on-screen chemistry" with Éowyn. The scholar of English Helen Young writes that while neither Tolkien nor Jackson give Éowyn any thanks for killing the Witch-King, Jackson's film version does at least invert the gender roles depicted by the Norwegian artist
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in his 19th century painting ''Hervor's Death'', though when she falls as if dead, the film scene looks in her opinion much like that in the painting. The film reduces Éowyn's role as cup-bearer, which in Tolkien's text describes a genuine Germanic ceremony in which a woman embodied the weaving of peace. Young suggests this was because the screenwriters feared the audience would misinterpret the scene. The extended edition of the "Return to Edoras" scene however includes the ceremony for Théoden. The film scholar Sarah Kozloff writes that, if the film series can be seen as a
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, Jackson's Éowyn symbolizes the modern "
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" psychic figure, the role being played "in a realistic performance style". Feminist scholar Penny Griffin writes that in ''The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King'', Éowyn is "probably the movies' closest approximation to an SFC trong Female Character. Her credentials for this, Griffin notes, include rebelling against the injunction to stay behind when the Riders of Rohan go off to fight, disguising herself as a man, riding to battle, and fighting the leader of the Ringwraiths. The feminist effect is spoiled, Griffin notes, when her story ends (according to Tolkien's text, not the film) with her disavowing battle and marrying Faramir to live "happily every after". The scholar of literature Maureen Thum comments that Jackson "stresses what Tolkien implies" by portraying Éowyn's feelings for Aragorn and her skill in battle. Thum writes that Tolkien's narrative, having Éowyn ride to war under the name "Dernhelm", meaning "secret helmet", far more powerfully conveys her rebellious nature than would any explicit description of her thinking. The Tolkien scholar
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notes that Jackson's ''Two Towers'' includes a moment of swordplay between Éowyn and Aragorn, the latter using a knife; Chance describes this as "a scene of sexual symbolism nowhere found in Tolkien's text". In
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'' The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim'', a prequel to Jackson's films, Otto reprised her role as Éowyn, while also serving as the film's
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