Everyone has a role to play in the struggle against evil, according toThe Lord of the Rings.

In this, they take their inspiration fromJ.R.R.

Tolkien’s wife, Edith Bratt, who is played byLily Collinsin the new biopicTolkien.

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“Edith was a very strong-willed woman.

Let’s see how this principle applies to some of Middle-earth’s most famous women.

With her magic mirror, she gives Frodo a useful vision of Sauron.

But she could be a powerful force when the need arose.

No man could kill him, but she was no man.

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