tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957840452006373891.post7273793918291231534..comments2023-11-23T20:52:14.127-08:00Comments on Beowulfian: Eowyn's Lament (Funeral of Theodred)Garethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03030408024299617701noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957840452006373891.post-34124388164532604262019-12-02T21:11:24.291-08:002019-12-02T21:11:24.291-08:00I cannot help but see this scene as being also ins...I cannot help but see this scene as being also inspired by some of the last lines of Beowulf. From lines 3150 to 3155, during Beowulf's funeral, we learn of the Geat woman's lamentation and dread, knowing that her nation is doomed with the death of its king. From S. Heaney's translation: "A Geat woman too sang out in grief, with hair bound up, she unburdened herself of her worst fears, a wild litany of nightmare and lament: her nation invaded, enemies on the rampage, bodies in piles, slavery and abasement. Heaven swallowed the smoke." Couldn't ask for a more apt description of Rohan at that point in the story. Reads like a scene direction for Eowyn's dirge. Even the hair is right! :) BeautifulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09273350844184404959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5957840452006373891.post-34163478470040067162019-01-08T23:47:17.517-08:002019-01-08T23:47:17.517-08:00I don't know if you still have access to this ...I don't know if you still have access to this blog or even the email it's tied to, but I wanted to thank you for this post because I just needed to know what she says. Thank you for this.Zomberellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02197519162861483068noreply@blogger.com