[Kransha]

In all bluntness, both book and movie versions of LotR were Shakespeare reminiscent. The 'This Day We Fight" speech by Aragorn is, of course, comparable to Henry V's St. Crispen's Day Speech. There are almost countless character parallels if you look closely. One could say (not necessarily my opinion) that movie Theoden was oddly like King Lear, snivelling Grima Wormtongue like Richard III, Aragorn/Elessar like Henry V, jovial ol' Tom Bombadil like Falstaff, and so forth, despite the absence of Bombadil in the movies. There are both references and the use of Shakespeare's numerous character rubrics...