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<blockquote data-quote="Storm Raven" data-source="post: 1283144" data-attributes="member: 307">That's the five. All of them have lines in the book (which differentiates them from a handful of other female characters who are mentioned, but don't have any actual &quot;screen time&quot;. Galadriel and Eowyn are the biggest female parts. Goldberry is Bombadil's spouse, Arwen shows up in the Rivendell scenes, and again when Aragorn ascends to kinghood. Rosie has some lines during and after the scouring.And I missed one last character: Lobeila Sackville-Baggins. So that's six.They mostly aren't big parts, but the books are about a war. How many female parts did The Big Red One, Saving Private Ryan, or The Great Escape have? Is there a real need to manufacture additional female characters in a story where they would be out of place given the culture of the time period portrayed? Female characters generally show up where they would in a &quot;dark ages&quot; setting, and generally don't where they wouldn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Storm Raven, post: 1283144, member: 307"] That's the five. All of them have lines in the book (which differentiates them from a handful of other female characters who are mentioned, but don't have any actual "screen time". Galadriel and Eowyn are the biggest female parts. Goldberry is Bombadil's spouse, Arwen shows up in the Rivendell scenes, and again when Aragorn ascends to kinghood. Rosie has some lines during and after the scouring. And I missed one last character: Lobeila Sackville-Baggins. So that's six. They mostly aren't [i]big[/i] parts, but the books are about a war. How many female parts did [i]The Big Red One[/i], [i]Saving Private Ryan[/i], or [i]The Great Escape[/i] have? Is there a real need to manufacture additional female characters in a story where they would be out of place given the culture of the time period portrayed? Female characters generally show up where they would in a "dark ages" setting, and generally don't where they wouldn't. [/QUOTE]

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