| Inziladun |
12-24-2001 04:37 AM |
I haven't seen the movie, but in the books Isildur did succumb to the Ring's power in that he was unable to bring himself to destroy it. But I don't believe any mortal was capable of intentionally harming the Ring, so I can't really blame him for that. And at the end, just before his death, he began to understand more of its nature.
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I cannot use it. I dread the pain of touching it. And I have not yet found the strength to bend it to my will. It needs one greater than I now know myself to be. My pride has fallen. It should go to the Keepers of the Three.
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That was said by him just before he fled the scene.
He was still in posession of the Ring at that point and shows remarkable depth of character there, and the strength of his will. If he had truly been corrupted at that point, I don't think he would have had that kind of insight. He did put on the Ring as he was fleeing from the battle, but it was only to aid his escape. He did not of course, give up the Ring of his own free will, but I still don't see how he could be thought a traitor. |
