Frodo at Sammath Naur

[mark12_30]

davem, congratulations on the new imac!

You wrote:

I think it does count as a 'moral failure' on Frodo's part at the end, because of the surrender involved on his part, however small it may have been.

Rather gutsy of you to directly contradict with the professor!

Concerning the rest of your post, especially from Frodo's perspective, I think most of us are in agreement. Tolkien made it clear in Letters that Frodo did see himself as a broken failure.

Briefly off-topic: how are those two books coming along? (I'm waiting for reviews.)

Grace and peace, --mark12_30