female characters in literature – Benita J. Thompson

TWT: Original or Stereotyped?

Whilst Tolkien can be cleared of the charge of inventing stereotypical female characters, I’m not so sure about Peter Jackson. His Arwen is undeniably far different from Tolkien’s original character, and considering the Arwen of the book and of the movies, I would like to decide which character is more cliché. In the book, we see veryContinueContinue reading “TWT: Original or Stereotyped?”

TWT: On Éowyn and accusations of sexism

I’ve been a member of TheOneRing.net’s forums for several years. We’ve had a lot of good discussions on anything from distaste for the Hobbit films to a chapter-by-chapter readthrough of The Lord of the Rings. In one of the recent threads on that topic – the one on “The Steward and the King”, to be exact -ContinueContinue reading “TWT: On Éowyn and accusations of sexism”