Certainly I agree that many people played their parts and played them to great effect, yet it was the single-minded obsessive lust of Gollum for the Ring that proved to be Sauron's downfall. He was determined to let no one, least of all Sauron ever retain possession of it. Gandalf, ever the visionary, said it best when he told Frodo that Gollum have a part to play. And so he did. He was in the right place at the right time, for Frodo had finally succumbed to the Ring and, being invisible, Sam couldn't have stopped him. All would have been lost had not Gollum taken back his Precious.
Thank the Valar he never took dancing lessons!
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