Stone of vision, thank you for the window into the (couer sp?) heart of Smeagol. Now I want to go back and reread all of it from Gollum's pov. Being a writer myself, I can relate to the machiavelic impulse. However, I don't see it as ONLY machiavelic, I also see it as one of the most poignant, gracious scenes Tolkien ever wrote. To reveal that descendency of darkness and chaos which is Gollum as very human, and beautiful, was a gift.
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