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02-02-2003, 03:00 PM | #1 |
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Resisting The Ring
Ok are the hobbits the best candidates for carrying the burdon of the ring because of their simplicity and lack of strength and power? They seem more resistant to its corrupting effects then any others. I mean Gandolf cant even touch it for fear of what he would end up doing with it. And Galadriel well you know how she reacts to it. Which makes it clear that the more powerful you are the more likely you are to be corrupted and the more devistating you would become. Now the elves have been able to hide their rings so obviously theres some resistance there. And the dwarves well they never really talk much about the effect of the rings on the dwarves. Would have been interesting if there were seven (7?) little dwarf nazgul running around. And the men well the men are hopeless. So it seems the hobbits are the natural candidates to resist the ring then. But then again Gollum was a hobbit like creature and looked what happened to him. So I guess my question is is it the hobbits or is it the Baggins specifically?
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02-02-2003, 03:11 PM | #2 |
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This sounds more like a book discussion than a discussion of the movies, so I'm going to move it to the book forum.
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02-02-2003, 04:43 PM | #4 | |
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Indeed Hobbits seem in general to be best in this matter. They are not so easily tempted by The Ring. The Ring corrupts by promising to give what the owner desires, but Hobbits do not desire much from life, only to live a simple life in peace and quiet in the Shire, with good food and drink available. All fortunes which they already have. Gandalf and Galadriel on the other hand, both desired power, for different reasons, and the dwarves have in general a desire for gold and riches.
It is interesting to see what Gandalf says about the Shire: Quote:
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02-02-2003, 05:41 PM | #5 |
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I agree, hobbits are the best choice even if they are week
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02-02-2003, 06:23 PM | #7 |
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I think it may be all hobbits that can resist it. Look at Sam. He never made an attemp to steal it.
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02-02-2003, 10:14 PM | #8 | |
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Gandalf does pick up the ring in the book (from the FOTR):
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I agree with Artanis; that hobbits do not desire power, for the most part. We see that when Sam is tempted by the ring. He's sees himself as Samwise the Brave, but then realises that it wont happen, all he needs is his garden.
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But anyway, yeah I agree with you about the hobbits. Doesnt Gandolf himself say that Sauron had completely overlooked their existance because they simply didnt matter to him? But that they were all full of surprises. As soft as butter but as hard as tree roots or something like this.
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02-02-2003, 11:32 PM | #10 | |
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to keep the ring in my possession, for in the end it will do evil through me.
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02-03-2003, 12:29 AM | #11 |
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The ring chiefly corrupts by gratifying a lust for power. Hoobit mostly (exception like Lotho) do not lust for power, they want rather another feast. Since the ring connot offer them some comestable goodies, it has a harder time corrupting them.
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02-03-2003, 12:46 AM | #12 |
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They "cherish food and song above hoarded gold" as thorin said.
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Hobbits are indeed the best candidates, however on multiple occasions Frodo still finds himself drawn to the power of the ring. Not to mention Bilbo's longing for it.
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About handling the Ring: Someone except Frodo must have touched the Ring during his recovery in Rivendell. When he awoke, he found that the Ring had been put on a new chain. I wonder who did that. edit: my spelling
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02-03-2003, 09:23 AM | #16 |
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Elrond, or perhaps Gandalf. But whoever did it, he must have felt the temptation of the Ring.
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it could be that the baggins's have that adventurous side to them. also, frodo lost his parents and was raised by bilbo, and always heard those wonderful tales of bilbos adventures. frodo almost kinda understood the dangers in middle earth, unlike some other hobbits.
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