A complex Gollum - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

firncristwen · 02-26-2002, 03:47 PM

Has it ever ocurred to you that Gollum, especially in Book IV, might have thought Frodo to be somehow Deágol (the cousin he murdered)? There he was, bearing something Smeágol greatly desired, someone kind, someone brave. And yet even "Stinky" doesn't want him to come to the same fate. So he is very complex indeed, because he might have in some way tried to make up for the terrible thing he did.

02-26-2002, 03:47 PM	#1
firncristwen Pile O'Bones Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: The light-swept paths of imagination Posts: 15	Has it ever ocurred to you that Gollum, especially in Book IV, might have thought Frodo to be somehow Deágol (the cousin he murdered)? There he was, bearing something Smeágol greatly desired, someone kind, someone brave. And yet even "Stinky" doesn't want him to come to the same fate. So he is very complex indeed, because he might have in some way tried to make up for the terrible thing he did. __________________ 'For many life is only the border of a terrible dream; shall we pass, I wonder?' ...from "Quest in the Blue"