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Originally Posted by Scott Why are tough women becoming so common in movies and TV? There are a lot of women in combat roles now. One example is Starbuck of the new Battlestar. | Don't forget Eowyn who killed the Witch-King of Angmar. It caught me by surprise when she chopped off the head of the Nazgul in the movie.  | That was consistent with the scene in the book by Tolkien. Glorfindel had foretold that the Witch-king would not "fall by the hand of man". But Éowyn was able to overcome the prophecy and shocked him by saying: Quote: |
"No living man am I! You look upon a woman."
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