Females in the Fellowship - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Earendil Halfelven · 04-20-2003, 08:27 PM

I also think that the reason Tolkien didn't put any women into the actual Fellowship was because he was following Medieval tradition. The style of speaking in the LOTR trilogy follows the Old English style. And, in medieval times, women just didn't go on quests or do anything outside of the home. To fully make LOTR realistic and to seem as if it could have existed, Tolkien needed to have followed medieval tradition. And that still happens in today's military. In the US Army ( I don't know about other country's military) women cannot join frontline units. Thats just the way things are. And besides, I think if Tolkien would have worried about being politically correct and making sure LOTR didn't offend anyone because of the way it was written, it wouldn't be as good.

04-20-2003, 08:27 PM	#33
Earendil Halfelven Wight Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: the dark recesses of the mind Posts: 223	I also think that the reason Tolkien didn't put any women into the actual Fellowship was because he was following Medieval tradition. The style of speaking in the LOTR trilogy follows the Old English style. And, in medieval times, women just didn't go on quests or do anything outside of the home. To fully make LOTR realistic and to seem as if it could have existed, Tolkien needed to have followed medieval tradition. And that still happens in today's military. In the US Army ( I don't know about other country's military) women cannot join frontline units. Thats just the way things are. And besides, I think if Tolkien would have worried about being politically correct and making sure LOTR didn't offend anyone because of the way it was written, it wouldn't be as good. __________________ In nomini domine saboath sui filique ite ad infernos.