Tolkien has been criticised greatly for his portrayal of women in his works. However, this criticism largely applies to The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion is instead full of powerful women, many of them taking up arms and fighting in the War.
burtation tonight we had a very terrace tasen in a little bit. what happened and how is she doing today, february 15, 2011? captions paid for by nbc-universal television welcome to today on this tuesday morning. i m meredith vieira. i m matt lauer. we ll get to the news in tehran. i think the first reaction people may have when watching serene branson is to laugh. most doctors say this is a neurological event, kind of a warning stroke. she s doing fine. that was scary as a witness. we ll talk more about it later on. meanwhile we ll get the latest on the uprising in egypt that led to protest in bahrain, yemen. lawmakers appeared determined to stop demonstrators before they gained momentum. we ll get the late nest a live report ahead. also ahead, breaking news overnight from italy. the italian prime minister has been ordered to stand trial for allegedly paying for sex with a 17-year-old girl and then trying to cover it up. we ll have details on the story as well