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Originally Posted by Jackson
EOWYN: I will kill you if you touch him!
WITCH KING: Do not come between the Nazgul and his prey.
WITCH KING: You fool! No man can kill me! Die now!
EOWYN: I am no man! AAAAAAAA!
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Originally Posted by Tolkein
Then out of the blackness in his mind he thought that he heard Dernhelm speaking; yet now the voice seemed strange, recalling some other voice that he had known.
'Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!'
A cold voice answered: 'Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye.'
A sword rang as it was drawn. 'Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may.'
'Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!'
Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. 'But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him.
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The book is frequently written like it's retelling an epic poem translated from old English. That's Tolkein's wheelhouse given his expertise and background, and why it reads differently from a fantasy novel written by someone whose wheelhouse is pulp fiction.
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