Post by Stormrider on Jan 19, 2009 13:24:01 GMT -6
From: Annie2 (Original Message) Sent: 6/1/2003 9:45 PM
Wk 11, Bk5, Ch5, DISCUSSION: The Healing of Eowyn
"Yet now that I leave to depart, I would remain. For this house has become to me of all dwellings the most blessed."
After Eowyn was given a bit of freedom to walk through the gardens of the Houses of the Healing, she is given the opportunity to spend time with the Steward who granted that bit of freedom. For several days she and Faramir sat upon the lawns in silence and in speech.
Do you think it was comforting to Eowyn to sit with someone with whom she could share silence? Few people in our society today feel comfortable with that. What do you think transpired between the two in those moments of silence. Is it possible that healing began then? Why or why not?
And when they did speak, what do you think they talked about? It seems to me that she has denied life for so long that she does not yet recognize when life begins to open in her again. At one point she asks that they speak no more but wait for doom. And he repeats her words, "yes, we wait for the stroke of doom." I wonder why Eomer repeats her words? He does his often during the time that their relationship grows. Can you find other examples of when Eomer repeats her words? Why does he do this?
After they both recognize the love they feel, Eowyn says a remarkable thing. "I will be a healer and love all things that grow and are not barren." Perhaps not so remarkable when you think that those, who are wounded the deepest, many times make the best healers. And why do you think Eowyn lays aside her Shieldmaiden role and chooses instead to become a healer? What kind of a healer do you think she will become?
"Yet now that I leave to depart, I would remain. For this house has become to me of all dwellings the most blessed." Is this because of Faramir? Or that she has literally reclaimed her "self" in this place? Because a new calling has made itself known to her? Or could it be a combination of all these? Or something else?
There are many references to the Hands of the King and his healing powers and his healing of Eowyn. But Aragorn himself says that he has only removed the physical marks and he can do no more for her. He recognizes that Eowyn’s deepest wounds cannot be healed by his hand. What do you think of Eomer as healer? I think of him so. What are some of the ways in which Faramir aids in this healing?
I rarely see comments or essays regarding Eowyn’s healing and only passing remarks of how they fall in love. And I wonder why. I find the Story of Eowyn and Faramir as moving as the tale of Aragorn and Eowyn in the appendices. Are there any similarities between these two stories? Differences? Are there any other questions regarding these two that you would like to ask? Or additional insights?
Éowyn and Faramir from
In the Houses of Healing
Copyright Anke-Katrin Eissman. All rights Reserved
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In the Houses of Healing
Copyright Anke-Katrin Eissman. All rights Reserved
anke.edoras-art.de
Wk 11, Bk5, Ch5, DISCUSSION: The Healing of Eowyn
"Yet now that I leave to depart, I would remain. For this house has become to me of all dwellings the most blessed."
After Eowyn was given a bit of freedom to walk through the gardens of the Houses of the Healing, she is given the opportunity to spend time with the Steward who granted that bit of freedom. For several days she and Faramir sat upon the lawns in silence and in speech.
Do you think it was comforting to Eowyn to sit with someone with whom she could share silence? Few people in our society today feel comfortable with that. What do you think transpired between the two in those moments of silence. Is it possible that healing began then? Why or why not?
And when they did speak, what do you think they talked about? It seems to me that she has denied life for so long that she does not yet recognize when life begins to open in her again. At one point she asks that they speak no more but wait for doom. And he repeats her words, "yes, we wait for the stroke of doom." I wonder why Eomer repeats her words? He does his often during the time that their relationship grows. Can you find other examples of when Eomer repeats her words? Why does he do this?
After they both recognize the love they feel, Eowyn says a remarkable thing. "I will be a healer and love all things that grow and are not barren." Perhaps not so remarkable when you think that those, who are wounded the deepest, many times make the best healers. And why do you think Eowyn lays aside her Shieldmaiden role and chooses instead to become a healer? What kind of a healer do you think she will become?
"Yet now that I leave to depart, I would remain. For this house has become to me of all dwellings the most blessed." Is this because of Faramir? Or that she has literally reclaimed her "self" in this place? Because a new calling has made itself known to her? Or could it be a combination of all these? Or something else?
There are many references to the Hands of the King and his healing powers and his healing of Eowyn. But Aragorn himself says that he has only removed the physical marks and he can do no more for her. He recognizes that Eowyn’s deepest wounds cannot be healed by his hand. What do you think of Eomer as healer? I think of him so. What are some of the ways in which Faramir aids in this healing?
I rarely see comments or essays regarding Eowyn’s healing and only passing remarks of how they fall in love. And I wonder why. I find the Story of Eowyn and Faramir as moving as the tale of Aragorn and Eowyn in the appendices. Are there any similarities between these two stories? Differences? Are there any other questions regarding these two that you would like to ask? Or additional insights?