[elfling]

After reading the JRRT quote about frodo I guess the guilt or the power the ring had over him must have been alot of the reason for Frodo's choosing to leave the Shire and the reason he couldn't enjoy his victory.
I felt that it wasn't a suprise that he couldn't destroy the ring. Bilbo had it for a long time but it appeared to be more powerfull due to Saran's looking for it then it ever was when Bilbo had it. Destroying it after all he went through with it seemed impossible to me , it had become so powerfull and had such a hold on him (Frodo) in the end. I had originally thought it was just the toll of his wounds(physical) and all the emotional and mental trauma he went through that lead frodo to leave ME. Kind of reminds me of Moses. He got to see the Promised Land but not to enjoy it due to his failures just as Frodo-he got to save the Shire but couldn't stay due to his inability to destroy the Ring.