maried a goddess
O.o I thought XenArwen was bad enough...
There are so many heroes in LotR that I can't list them all here. Frodo was a hero. Boromir was a hero (he repented, so nyeah). Even people like Gollum had to play their part (to paraphrase Gandalf): I mean, look at what could have happened had good old Stinker not been there in the Sammath Nuar. *shudders*
Ok, I'm having this thought...don't kill me...but:
I just keep seeing merry's face screaming "Frodo!!" after the ring was destroyed....after Frodo decided to keep the ring, after the ring had to be TAKEN from him, because the ring had a hold on him...and I just can't get merry's face out of my head..."Frodo!!"
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Originally posted by Smodden
Ok, I'm having this thought...don't kill me...but:I just keep seeing merry's face screaming "Frodo!!" after the ring was destroyed....after Frodo decided to keep the ring, after the ring had to be TAKEN from him, because the ring had a hold on him...and I just can't get merry's face out of my head..."Frodo!!"
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I'm not sure if the filmmakers included that scene intentionally to insert some irony into it, but yeah, I noticed that too. 🙂 But certainly, I don't think it's bad. I mean, Frodo claimed the Ring for himself in Sammath Naur, at the last minute, but let's consider the fact that the temptation of the Ring is far more stronger in the place of its creation, and let's not forget all the things that he went through to even get that far. The fact that he's the only being who can carry the weight of the burden of all the peoples of Middle-earth, and he did...til the last minute, is in my opinion, worthy of Merry's cheer, "Frodo!!" 😉
It could have been better if he also said, "Sam!!" but...I think it will be kinda silly on screen. 🙂
Frodo was a hero. During the council of Elrond, he was the only one who chose to take the ring to destroy it. Everyone else was busy fighting over it. Frodo was an expert at riddles, and if it were not for him the Fellowship would have remained stuck outside of Moria (he solved the riddle of the password). Also, not from the films, but in the first book, he fought a Barrow Wight and saved his incapacitated friends. Lastly, he resisted the power of the ring until the very last moment. I'd say that makes him a hero.
Gandalf tells Frodo in Bag End before Frodo even agrees to take the ring that no-one could willing throw the ring away, indeed Frodo tries to throw it into his little fire but instead unintentionally puts it back in his pocket. Tolkien points out that Frodo was doomed to fail from the start. I think Frodo knew this before he even agreed to take the ring to Mount Doom.
Does the fact that Frodo took up the quest knowing that he would fail, but trying anyway, not make him a hero?
Does not the fact that he saw what the ring would do too him through Gollum, but continued on the quest regardless, make him a hero.
Too me Frodo is the hero, don't get me wrong Sam is one of my favourite characters, but I think that because people see what Sam achieves they don't acknowledge what Frodo did, because people have a harder time understanding what Frodo went through.
Frodo reflects the struggles we all go through in our lives, its like any emotional pain its much harder for people to deal with, and people turn away from it because its difficult to witness.
Tolkien reflects the average readers reactions to Frodo back at them through the Hobbits reactions to Frodo, i.e they ignore him, he gets no recognition for what he did for them or for M.E. because like real life, when someone is so emotionally drained and in so much pain its hard to deal with, its much easier to ignore them.
This is why so few people recognise what Frodo actually did, and when they do recognise it they try to diminish that achievement by comparing him to Sam or one of the other heros.