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Originally Posted by Ardent
I was thinking wight at first, but when I re-read the story and its background I realised that the dead king was a ghost, and that the wights were servants of the enemy. When Frodo wakes in the barrow he sees his friends arrayed as men of old but with a long sword laid over them. The wight is the creature whose hand creeps around the corner.
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Ah, gotcha. I must have been confusing them.
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Originally Posted by Ardent
Regarding 'you' and 'thou': JRR uses 'thee/thou/thine' to indicate those races who have a more archaic manner of speech. The dead king lived in a later age than the Witch King so the terms are appropriate. I didn't notice that until you mentioned it though.
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Not necessarily, but possibly. (If you're interested,
here's a thread about it)