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   From: g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies   
      
   In message <542d0f37-df70-48b5-b4a7-0b9a5b7f6fb7@c25g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>   
     tenworld  wrote:   
   > On Aug 5, 8:31 pm, Lewis  wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >> On the other hand, we both agree that it was Merry who killed the Witch   
   >> King, with a little help, so he can't be completely wrong! :)   
      
   > Merry certainly hurt the witch king using an old blade, but his was   
   > not the thrust that killed the king.  And whether he found an old   
   > blade in the barrow (book) or used an old blade given him by Aragorn   
   > (movie) certainly doesnt change the sense of the scene.  Having merry   
   > kill the king eliminates the parallel to Macbeth.   
      
   ... OK, I am *not* going to go there.   
      
   Without Merry, the Witch King would not have been killed, simple as that.   
      
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