James Marshall Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 I've been watching Lord of The Rings -Return of The King and something has been puzzling me. Here it is What do you think? The Witch King is clearly very intelligence and is aware of the prophecy that no man can kill him So why did it never occur to him that the legend either referred to man as A Race and he could have been killed by A Elf, A Dwarf, A Hobbit or A Half Elf or even A Immortal Being like Tom Bombadil or Goldberry or that it referred to man as A Gender and he could be killed by A Female? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaMonkey Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) It wasn't in the script. It might not have even happened in the book, and thus, they didn't put it in the film. Edited January 1, 2021 by NinjaMonkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooks Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, NinjaMonkey said: It wasn't in the script. It might not have even happened in the book, and thus, they didn't put it in the film. Ahahaha... ah.... I wish they really felt that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanguard333 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) Funny enough, "man" in this case referred to both race and gender, since he was killed by a woman and a hobbit. It probably never occurred to him for the same reason it never occurred to Macbeth that someone delivered by a C-section would kill him; they misinterpreted the prophecy. The prophecy around the witch-king was even created because Tolkien read a certain Scottish play and thought that the "MacDuff was delivered by C-section" twist was a dumb twist. Edited January 1, 2021 by vanguard333 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L3xandr3 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 (edited) 4 hours ago, NinjaMonkey said: It wasn't in the script. It might not have even happened in the book, and thus, they didn't put it in the film. I dabbled a little in LotR lore a long time ago, but I remember it does happen in the book. Of course, in said book, the dagger the Hobbit stabbed him with was specifically made to kill wraiths, so that may have something to do with it. Edited January 1, 2021 by L3xandr3 Typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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