Irony

[MLD-Grounds-Keeper-Willie]

Can you think of anything at all ironic in Tolkien's works about Middle-earth? Well I can think of two right off the bat. First, there's Gollum. He ran in to Mt. Doom intending to save the ring (or possibly himself) from being destroyed. However, when he gets it, he falls in the cracks, and ends up destroying the ring and himself. And here is the other. Remeber when Merry got that nice dagger from the Barrow Downs? Well, that dagger was one that fought in the war against the Witch King of Angmar. There it was lying all those years in that Barrow, sitting. Then, Merry gets it and takes it with him all the way to the Pellenor fields. And that dagger was thrusted into the back of the Lead Ringwraith, who is the Witch King of Angmar. That causes enough distraction for Eowyn to kill the Raingwraith.

Well, as of now, that's all I can think of. Go ahead and post more examples and feel free to discuss these examples and any others.