Let me do some more "beating on the dead horse" on the topic of Merry's dagger...
Consider the following: If everything had gone to plan on the journey from Tom's house to Bree, Merry would never have gotten the dagger. But, the hobbits got lured into the barrow and attacked by the barrow-wight. And after being rescued by Tom, they ended up with the daggers, including the one Merry used to kill the Witch-King. If there hadn't been a wight in the barrow, Merry wouldn't have gotten the dagger..
But who caused the wight to be in the barrow, ultimately causing Merry to end up with the dagger?
The Witch-King!!! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
Certainly this aspect of the story of Merry's dagger (one of the Witch-King's own spells helping to cause his undoing) is irony of the highest level. [img]smilies/cool.gif[/img]
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