Frodo at Sammath Naur

[mark12_30]

davem, the reason that I don't agree with your statement quoted below is that in the Letters, Tolkien said that *nobody* could have resisted the Ring within the Sammath Naur. Frodo passed Faramir's and Galadriel's test all the way from Bag End to the doorway of the Sammath Naur. But Tolkien says that within the Sammath Naur, defeating the Ring was impossible. Comparing Galadriel and Faramir's tests to Frodo's experience within the Sammath Naur is illogical. They are not the same test.

I still think Frodo does fail the test Galadriel & Faramir pass, yes, he does suffer more than them, but in terms of a moral choice, a 'consenting' to what the Ring offers, they pass & he fails.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:19 AM January 20, 2004: Message edited by: mark12_30 ]