I think Gollum was pitable, but I don't think he deserved to die. After all, it was the Ring who drove him into doing such evil deeds.
It did corrupt him and so I don't think he was to blame.
And he did have a split personality (half good, half evil , as described in the book).
__________________
“The English-speaking world is divided into those who have read The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit and those who are going to read them.” – Sunday Times
Crickhollow
|