[Amarinth]

great topic thingol. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

i agree that the one ring was the main antagonist in lotr, but only insofar as it represents sauron's evil in conflict with the main protagonists, the ringbearers. a large part of sauron's lifeforce indeed having passed into the ring with its forging, i agree that as a product of this subcreation of evil it was somewhat sentient and held power and corruption of its own. nonetheless, despite surpassing its maker in potency still the ring answered and was subservient to sauron. as a reader my response to its "role" is as an extension of sauron and i don't think at any time as an independent entity of evil itself.

but i can understand why others can appreciate the ring as the main "villain" in lotr. hmmm, i wonder if my take had something to do with the fact that i read silm first before lotr (following co-fan advice)...