Something occurs: I can't help wondering whether Aragorn is stating there is some 'shadow' in him that Eowyn 'loves', & is saying that she is 'wrong' to love it, or whether he's saying that the 'shadow' she loves is actually the 'ranger' & that its the 'ranger' who is the 'shadow' of Elessar. So he's saying 'what she loves is not me, the heir of Elendil, Elessar, with all the responsibilities that that implies, & which would lead her to feel just as trapped if she married me as if she remained caring for Theoden, but Strider the ranger, who seems to offer freedom & adventure'.
But why would Aragorn refer to the ranger as his 'shadow' - so I'm not sure that works.
But doesn't she say to Faramir after the fall of Barad Dur something about standing 'in Minas Anor, & behold, the 'shadow' has passed' (quoting from memory, so may be wrong) - is that the 'shadow' of Sauron, or the 'shadow' she loves in Aragorn, or are they the same thing on some level?
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