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Corpus Cacophonous
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Gandalf trusted in providence ...
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Right now, I don't know the "true purpose" of the fellowship, besides the fact to get the ring to Mount Doom, where it atleast has an oppurtunity of being destroyed. And of course the quest was supposed to fail, or well, was a "desperate task."
The one good thing I saw the Fellowship for however, is it created long lasting friendships. You have the Sam-Frodo friendship, Merry-Pippin, Aragorn-Legolas-Gimli, and then everybody, it all created a lasting friendship between the companions. For some added info on Boromir, I have read this interesting little discussion topic. But, Boromir took the ring, in thought that it wouldn't corrupt the righteous, it's not that he wanted it for himself (eventhough once he had it he would have taken it for himself). But his thought was it wouldn't be able to corrupt "the righteous" people. And here is a quote from The Council of Elrond. Quote:
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But I still think relying 100% on providence is wrong, when all the 'logical' explanations say that Frodo would fail. Quote:
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But, actually, Boromir did want it for himself, though he suggested Aragorn first (he believed himself to be one of those "strong Men"). Quote:
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However, the chances of successfully overthrowing Sauron using the Ring still would be higher than the chances of destroying the Ring, so I agree that Boromir's actions were understandable. I've been sitting here thinking for a while and I'm fairly certain that if I would've been in Boromir's position (I hate to say this) I probably would've tried to take the Ring like he did.
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![]() Also, if there was a 99~100% chance of failing to defeating Sauron once and for all, wouldn't it be better to take the high chance of defeating Sauron for now? Quote:
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A Shade of Westernesse
Join Date: May 2004
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The 'true purpose' of the Fellowship was to destroy the Ring. Gandalf knew that it was a hopeless task, but knew equally well that it was the best alternative - the others being to hide it somewhere and let it lie until it was found generations later and Sauron was able to regain it; to slip it on his finger and declare open war on Sauron; or to send it over the sea and hope against hope that it would be hidden there forever - or that the Valar would accept it. The only hope of the people of Middle-earth was in the destruction of the Ring - even if they had hidden it, Sauron would have been strong enough to defeat the Free Peoples of Middle-earth (they won the War of the Ring only because Sauron was destroyed), Likewise, the only hope in destroying the Ring was in taking it secretly to Mordor - an open assault on Sauron's realm with the purpose of winning a path to Mount Doom was pure folly. And, since it was already known to Gandalf that no one can destroy the Ring of his own free will, who better to take it than the one who bore it all the way from the Shire to Rivendell, and indeed for seventeen years before that? After the decision was made and the Fellowship was formed - a group of of keen thinkers, keen fighters and friends of the Ringbearer, representative of all the Free People - Gandalf had only, as The Saucepan Man said, to trust in providence.
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