![]() ![]() ![]() Was Frodo just lucky that Gollum was there?Īgain, no. The end of the story is a statement of Tolkien's moral philosophy, that salvation and the ultimate destruction of Evil is something that only God can accomplish. The actual key to destroying the Ring was Ilúvatar, the God of Tolkien's mythology. Gollum just happened to be in the right place, at the right time, at the end of the right string of circumstances. July 1956 Was Gollum the key to destroying the Ring? But one must face the fact: the power of Evil in the world is not finally resistible by incarnate creatures, however 'good' It is possible that once the ring was destroyed he had little recollection of the last scene. If you re-read all the passages dealing with Frodo and the Ring, I think you will see that not only was it quite impossible for him to surrender the Ring, in act or will, especially at its point of maximum power Tolkien says as much several times in his letters, but I'm going to quote Letter 191 (emphasis his): Was Frodo incapable of destroying the Ring?Įmphatic yes. There are secretly two parts to the question, each of which have a different answer. ![]()
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