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Lord of Angmar · 04-18-2004, 09:24 AM

Heh, now whenever I read Richard III I shall think of Gloucester as Grima.

The Two Towers scene may well have been a subtle nod to Richard III, since no such scene between Eowyn and Wormtongue exists in the Lord of the Rings books. I don't notice too many similarities other than the general situation in both scenes, but when Anne says "Never hung poison on a fouler toad./Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes," it reminds me of Eowyn's, "Your words are poison."

04-18-2004, 09:24 AM	#2
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	Heh, now whenever I read Richard III I shall think of Gloucester as Grima. The Two Towers scene may well have been a subtle nod to Richard III, since no such scene between Eowyn and Wormtongue exists in the Lord of the Rings books. I don't notice too many similarities other than the general situation in both scenes, but when Anne says "Never hung poison on a fouler toad./Out of my sight! Thou dost infect mine eyes," it reminds me of Eowyn's, "Your words are poison." __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.