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The nephew of Théoden, Éomer is dedicated to Rohan, protective of his family, quick to anger, and quick to forgive. When he meets Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli hunting the orc company, he challenges them and nearly comes to blows with Gimli before Aragorn intervenes and reveals his identity. Éomer is also the only man of Rohan willing to oppose Wormtongue, who then has him imprisoned. When Théoden eventually frees him, Éomer reaffirms his loyalty to Théoden and rides into battle without resentment.
Éomer Quotes in The Two Towers
The The Two Towers quotes below are all either spoken by Éomer or refer to Éomer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Book 3, Chapter 2
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‘It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that was broken in the long ages ere the fathers of our fathers rode into the Mark! How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
‘As he has ever judged,’ said Aragorn. ‘Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.’
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Éomer Quotes in The Two Towers
The The Two Towers quotes below are all either spoken by Éomer or refer to Éomer. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Book 3, Chapter 2
Quotes
‘It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange. Elf and dwarf in company walk in our daily fields; and folk speak with the Lady of the Wood and yet live; and the Sword comes back to war that was broken in the long ages ere the fathers of our fathers rode into the Mark! How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’
‘As he has ever judged,’ said Aragorn. ‘Good and ill have not changed since yesteryear; nor are they one thing among Elves and Dwarves and another among Men. It is a man’s part to discern them, as much in the Golden Wood as in his own house.’
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