![]() ![]() He added, “A petition against something that cannot happen is unmeaning. Tolkien also stated that the climactic scene made him think of the Lord’s Prayer, particularly the lines “Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil” (Matthew 6.19-13 and Luke 11.2-4). Tolkien suggested later that Frodo blamed himself-that this was why he could find no real peace of mind until his departure from Middle-Earth at the end of the story-but if he did, he was the only one who did so (2002, 327–8). It is also the consensus of the characters in the story when Frodo and Sam are rescued, both of them are honored, not blamed. The critical consensus on this passage is that Frodo had finally lost control of himself when he claimed the Ring as his own. His master had been saved he was himself again, he was free. There was the dear master of the sweet days in the Shire. And there was Frodo, pale and worn, and yet himself again and in his eyes there was peace now, neither strain of will, nor madness, nor any fear. “Well, this is the end, Sam Gamgee,” said a voice by his side. ![]() Sam carries Frodo from the cave, and they see the land around them being destroyed by storms, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions. Out of the depths came his last wail precious, and he was gone. “My Precious! O my Precious!” And with that even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell. “Precious, precious, precious!” Gollum cried. It shone now as if verily it was made from living fire. But Gollum, dancing like a mad thing, held aloft the ring, a finger still thrust within its circle. Frodo gave a cry, and there he was, fallen upon his knees at the chasm’s edge. Suddenly Sam saw Gollum’s long hands draw upwards to his mouth his white fangs gleamed, and then snapped as they bit. Gollum on the edge of the abyss was fighting like a mad thing with an unseen foe. He groped forward, and then he saw a strange and terrible thing. Something struck Sam violently in the back, his legs were knocked from under him and he was flung aside. The Ring is mine!” And suddenly, as he set it on his finger, he vanished from Sam’s sight. “But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. and it rose above the throb and turmoil of Mount Doom, ringing in the roof and walls. Then Frodo stirred and spoke with a clear voice. He was come to the heart of the realm of Sauron and the forges of his ancient might, greatest in Middle-Earth all other powers were here subdued. Second, it occurs after “long possession, months of increasing torment, and when starved and exhausted,” as Tolkien would later put it (2000, 326). First, the scene occurs after both Frodo and Sam, meeting with Gollum again after a long separation, have spared his life even though he had betrayed them and left them for dead. At this point, it is essential to look at this climactic scene in full-first noting two things. ![]()
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