Frodo at Sammath Naur

Means Frodo has chosen NOT to throw the ring into the fire. It does not mean he has chosen to claim the ring.

I disagree ... I think that the sentence quite literally states that Frodo has NOT made a choice at all, which seems to imply an inevitable course of action (taking the ring).

A scientific equivalent would be matter moving through a vaccume; unless acted upon by another force (i.e. Frodo making a choice to throw the ring in) it will continue to move on its current path, the inevitable path (i.e. Frodo failing), but if acted upon its path changes.

Frodo was incapable (as was any mortal in ME I think) of making the choice to alter the "natural state" of things in Sammath Naur. Or at least that is an argument for the situation. [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img]