... very typical for an epic; Aragorn from Tolkien's The Two Towers gives King Théoden a speech not dissimilar to the one Beowulf gives Hrothgar. Yoda to Luke Skywalker in George Lucas's Return of the Jedi when telling Luke that he must face Darth Vader again, Dumbledore to Harry in J.K. Rowling's Order of the Phoenix when Harry learns of the prophecy. All well-known and highly regarded epics in ... their own right, and all with a speech from two main players where our characters realize they may not have control of their destiny and are frightened by ... that realization. This passage is...

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