Frodo's Fall? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Nar · 10-26-2002, 08:58 PM

Go, Sharon! Well said, Child of the 7th Age! I agree. I love that Frodo's whole life and an apparently minor (and strategically foolish) act of kindness (a two-generation act of kindness) actually saved the world, when all his direct heroism and endurance simply pulled the world into a configuration where it COULD be saved.

So, why couldn't the ring be flown over the sea or into the volcano by eagles? Why couldn't an almighty Valar fix everything? Why did Frodo have to suffer, and the ring only be destroyed by a last grace made possible by Frodo's life of mercy and restraint (most unwise by any standard of strategy). Because with any simpler and more simply 'heroic' solution, the later ages would have NO CHANCE dealing with their own shadow, which would arise in QUITE a different form.

10-26-2002, 08:58 PM	#11
Nar Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 228	Go, Sharon! Well said, Child of the 7th Age! I agree. I love that Frodo's whole life and an apparently minor (and strategically foolish) act of kindness (a two-generation act of kindness) actually saved the world, when all his direct heroism and endurance simply pulled the world into a configuration where it COULD be saved. So, why couldn't the ring be flown over the sea or into the volcano by eagles? Why couldn't an almighty Valar fix everything? Why did Frodo have to suffer, and the ring only be destroyed by a last grace made possible by Frodo's life of mercy and restraint (most unwise by any standard of strategy). Because with any simpler and more simply 'heroic' solution, the later ages would have NO CHANCE dealing with their own shadow, which would arise in QUITE a different form.