He didn't exactly slice the Nazgul, he tried to stab him in the foot, while uttering the name of "Elbereth," and it was the name of the Vala that "wounded" Witchy more. <P>The moviemakers have been notorious for leaving things like that out. It's really of no use to analyze the events in the movies with an analytical bent of mind. It just won't work. <P>I think that the whole idea of having a fragment of the blade break off and stay inside Frodo was a brilliant idea on Tolkien's part. Think about it. The logistics of capturing Frodo and dragging him all the way back to Mordor just wouldn't have worked out. With the fragment inside Frodo, it is as if a little "outcropping" of Sauron himself, is inside Frodo. Once it gets to his heart, he will succumb to the malice of the Dark Lord. It is a much more convenient thing to do.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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