minus-squarewombat [none/use name]hexbear11·edit-23 years agofun fact, the "I am no man" line is specifically a response to Macbeth's "no man of woman born" line, because Tolkien thought Macduff being cut from the womb was a lame way around it, and thought that a woman should have killed Macbeth instead link
minus-squareJohnnyJohnnyHaHaHa [none/use name]hexbear6·3 years agoTolkien being surprisingly woke about Shakespeare, who'da thunk it? link
fun fact, the "I am no man" line is specifically a response to Macbeth's "no man of woman born" line, because Tolkien thought Macduff being cut from the womb was a lame way around it, and thought that a woman should have killed Macbeth instead
Tolkien being surprisingly woke about Shakespeare, who'da thunk it?