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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet
Frodo and Sam went through many of the same experiences as did foot-soldiers involved in trench warfare. Sam seems to have come through it all relatively unscathed, but Frodo is a mess. Did he come down with Ring-induced "shell-shock"?
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Yes. largely, but not solely to blame
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The Vietnam era created a new term for the same thing: "Post Traumatic Stress Disorder". Is this what Frodo had?
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that's a very good way of putting it.
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Is the Ring responsible? Solely? In part? Not at all?
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Remember that Frodo had the following to put up with even without the torment of losing the Ring:
1/ He was stabbed and almost died from an infected (and let's call it supernatural) wound
2/ He was stung by a large arachnid and was technically dead
3/ He came close to death by starvation if not for lembas bread
The lembas had a virtue without which they would long ago have lain down to die.
3/ He lost a finger having it bitten off
4/ He possibly was overcome by sulphuric fumes from a Volcano
Of course Sam had to put up with 3/and 4/ as well.......