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The question is, if Frodo and Sam had met the poor creature years earlier, would they have been able to save him? Or was he beyond salvation from the very moment the ring came to him? As is well known, Gollum falls just short of redemption, and despite Frodo’s best efforts, ends up giving in to the temptation of the ring, and dies in the fires of Mount Doom alongside his precious. But by the time Frodo and Sam come into contact with Gollum, he had already sat alone underground with the evil thing in his grasp for nearly 500 years. The ring makes him do awful things, including strangling his cousin Deagol to death and disappearing into a hole underneath the goblin tunnels, scorning all sunlight and fresh air and earthly pleasures of his former life.įrodo is the first character in many hundreds of years who actually relates to Gollum, and sees the pain and suffering that the ring has caused the poor creature, the same pain and suffering that Frodo himself is going through.

From the moment the ring of power first comes into his possession, Gollum walks the tight rope between a corrupted desire to own and possess the evil object, and a desperate longing to be free of its torment. Gandalf describes his life as a 'sad tale,' which is certainly true.

Gollum is quite possibly one of the most tragic characters in the entire Lord of the Rings franchise.

The lord of the rings hd frodo sam and gollum