From "The Lord of the Rings" to "The Return of the King," there are relatively few female characters in "The Lord of the Rings." (A Time writer noted that “Tolkien seems to have erased the face of women from Middle-earth.”) Among the speaking characters are elves—Cate Blanchett’s Gar Ladrelle, Liv Tyler as Arwen – and the mortal Miranda Otto as Eowyn – and Samwise Gamgee’s wife Lo, who plays several Hobbit ladies. Sy Cotton and their daughter Ellanor. They are vastly outnumbered by their male counterparts, the brave band consisting of Aragorn, Frodo Baggins, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Legolas and the dwarf Gimli. However, what the women in The Lord of the Rings lack in quantity, they make up for in quality: some of the most important backstories come from characters like Arwen and Éowyn, although these nine women in The Lord of the Rings Ranked by character development, from barely lifeless to fully fleshed out.
I had not seen "The Lord of the Rings" nor read JRR Tolkien's novels before the entire trilogy was released. But then how did I see it. (I read them too, but got derailed somewhere in the middle of The Two Towers with too many plot diversions. I apologize in advance, but my references were mostly to the movies.) I quickly skipped all three, Then read on for a total of over 15 hours of film time per director's cut. My strong fondness for this series is due in large part to the strong development of its female characters. It started my long-lasting obsession with Liv Tyler, during which I watched every Aerosmith video she appeared in, paid close attention to her role as the face of Givenchy, and swiped through Her IMDb portfolio to explore Netflix options.
Fantasy is not a genre particularly rich in backstories for its female characters—like science fiction, it has historically been the domain of masculinity, which partly explains why when a woman is declared female, People will cheer. The protagonist of the latest Star Wars movie. Rumpus also ranks the development of female characters in the original Star Wars films, and the series' female characters are certainly worthy of celebration. But more than a decade after The Return of the King , it’s time we acknowledged the powerful women in The Lord of the Rings.
9. Mrs. Proudfoot
Mrs. Proudfoot, a hobbit woman who appears briefly in The Lord of the Rings to punish her childish husband, perfectly embodies the "nagging wife" stereotype.
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8.Freda
Freda is the daughter of Morwen, one of the Rohirrim cavalry tribe in The Two Towers . She was sent on an important mission—to alert King Théoden of Rome of the risks to his kingdom—but as a young child she was whiny and tearful. Unsurprisingly, her brother held the two children together better than she did when they were separated from their mother.
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7. Rosie Cotton
Rosie Cotton is beautiful, funny, and in more than one scene, she has tons of potential. She then married Samwise Gamgee and began her duties as a wife. She stays home and takes care of the house while the men go out to save the earth.
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6. Elanor Gangi
Sam's younger daughter Ellanor has more character development than her mother because she grew up on the screen - she appeared in The Return of the King and was played by Sean Astin (who plays Sam) in real life daughter plays.
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5. Spider Shelob
Hoping to finally obtain the One Ring, the cunning Smeagol leads a brave expedition into the spider lair of an ancient creature called Shelob. Shelob is a female spider, and she deserves a spot here because she's one of the few, and perhaps the only, female characters allowed to play a bad guy in the Lord of the Rings universe. There's a recurring trope of female characters in science fiction, fantasy, and cinema more broadly, that women have to be likable to appear on screen, and Shelob clearly defies that.
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4.Mowen
Named after a character in Tolkien's "The Silmarillion," the filmmakers of "The Lord of the Rings" actually created the character of Morwen for the film. There is no such woman in the novel "The Two Towers" . She comes from the kingdom of Rohan, which is led by King Théoden and of which Eowen (more on that later) is also a member. She is both a mother and a powerful warrior who sends her children on an important mission, only to watch her son die in battle. While Morwen may not be part of the official canon, she's a valuable addition to The Lord of the Rings lore.
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3. Galadriel
Cate Blanchett's work this year in "The Truth" and "Carol" highlights that she is one of the most versatile and talented actresses currently working. This was equally true a decade ago when she played Galadriel in The Lord of the Rings, the Elf Queen who single-handedly controls Lothlorien. (Okay, sure, her husband Celeborn helps with kingly duties, but mostly it's Galadriel.)
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2. Éowyn of Rohan
Eowyn, niece of King Théoden of Rohan, is perhaps best known for declaring "I am not a man" before killing the Witch-King of the Nazgul. Like Morven, she's one of the few human characters, but that doesn't mean she's weak. What makes her weak, in Occasin's mind, is her infatuation with Aragorn (Viggo Mortensen)—her jilted lover routine is the only thing keeping her off this list.
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1. Alvin
Arwen gave up his family and eternal life to save Middle-earth from the threat of Sauron. Her family and elf friends fled across the sea to the West, away from the evil threat, but Alwen remained behind. Peter Jackson's vision for "The Lord of the Rings" gave Alvin more narrative weight—as Alfio Leotta wrote in "Peter Jackson ," "The filmmakers greatly expanded Alvin's Vin's character, who's only a marginal character in the book." Eowyn and Galadriel received similar treatment, but the impact is best felt in Liv Tyler's starring role.
Tolkien's The Silmarillion is rumored to be the author's next big studio project, following The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit , perhaps as filmmaking moves forward in recognizing the importance of female characters With the advancements being made in terms of sexuality, there will be more characters with more meat than the evil spider.
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