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But, davem, I don't see a character's efforts to implement a course of action that they have already decided on as a psychological struggle. It is more a struggle of action and interaction. And if we only meet them after they have gone through that internal struggle, then we are not really seeing their psychological depth. An alcoholic, although tragic, is far more psychologically interesting than a teetotal reformed alchoholic.
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I have to disagree. Frodo's struggle is at least half psychological from the start & becomes more pyschological as time goes on. The struggle is internal, against the Ring. As I say, I believe we don't appreciate this because we aren't exposed to it in most forms of modern storytelling. Personally, I find the ex-alcoholic's struggle to stay off the booze more moving than his struggle to decide whether he has a problem or not. Depicting psychological depth is not simply a matter of showing someone strugggling to make up their mind. I become more aware of the depth of characters like Frodo & Faramir as I get older, & go back to the book.