![]() Having being tortured, Gollum told him about the Ring’s fate. His longing for the Ring made Gollum wander through the lands of Middle-earth. Unless it could be cured.” - says Gandalf it is difficult not to agree with him. But that, of course, would only make the evil part of him angrier in the end - unless it could be conquered. It was actually pleasant, I think, to hear a kindly voice again, bringing up memories of wind, and trees, and sun on the grass, and such forgotten things. There was a little corner of his mind that was still his own, and light came through it, as through a chink in the dark: light out of the past. He had proved tougher than even one of the Wise would have guessed - as a hobbit might. It is difficult to judge Gollum and his acts unequivocally. However, Gollum bit off Frodo’s finger along with the Ring, but, having slipped, fell into the fire. ![]() ![]() If he hadn’t been on Orodruin at the right time, Frodo would have become a new Master of the Ring. He showed Frodo and Sam a secret way to Mordor. Gollum played his own special role in “The Lord of the Rings”. As though Providence itself prompted Bilbo not to kill Gollum. At that time Bilbo could easily do away with this creature, but didn’t do that. When Bilbo accidentally met Gollum in his cave he gave Bilbo some riddles but eventually lost the contest. Once, a very long time ago, before the Ring came into his hands, he liked to give them to his friends. More than anything he liked Riddle-games. Gollum became wild, he himself looked black, with big shimmering eyes and big paddling feet. Although the Ring was sucking his energy out, it extended his life but changed his appearance completely. He dwelt on an island, as slithery as he was, near a mountainous cold lake. Gollum’s favourite food was fish and goblins, which could be found in the Misty Mountains. Gollum swore on “his precious” and broke his oath. This is proved not only by the above-mentioned facts but also by his betrayal of Frodo and Sam. Gollum is a self-centred and egoistic creature. After that Gollum lived in a cave, dreading the sun light. “His grandmother, desiring peace, expelled him from the family and turned him out of her hole”. Because of this, his relatives were not too fond of him. He was very pleased with his discovery and he concealed it and he used it to find out secrets, and he put his knowledge to crooked and malicious uses. He found that no one in his family could see him, when he was wearing the Ring. Here what Gandalf says about Gollum: “Gollum is a liar, and you have to sift his words”.īeing a hobbit, Gollum got a kind of absolute power which entirely seized his thoughts. Only fear and Sauron’s tortures made Smeagol say something close to the truth. His constant telling of lies became one of his main qualities, which he wouldn’t part with throughout the story. Possessing the Ring, it corrupted him in such a way that Smeagol even became an outsider and, hating the sun and its warmth ever more, took refuge in a cave under the Misty Mountains. But he never aimed to be first at anything, “his head and his eyes were downward”. Smeagol came from a big and well-off family, where grandmother, strict and faithful to old customs, was a matriarch. However he called the Ring his birthday present and said it came from his grandmother, who had lots of beautiful things of that kind. The Ring, possessed much greater powers and influences over the two hobbits, unlike any common copper or tungsten rings would. But the ring perniciously worked on the hobbit’s consciousness and Smeagol even strangled his friend in order to get the Ring. No one suspected its destructive force at that time. Once Smeagol with his friend Deagol went fishing and they fished the One Ring out of the Anduin. His actual name was Smeagol, a translation of his Westron name, which means “burrow-deep”. Before the Ring came into his possession, Gollum was a hobbit of the tribe of the Stoors, who lived near the Gladden Fields. Gollum’s life can be divided into several periods, although gathered information is not that reliable. ![]() Such noises could express practically anything: excitement and delight, sadness and fury, and other feelings. He got his nickname from a clicking sound he made from time to time with his throat which sounded like “gollum”. Gollum is the most mysterious and contradictory character in the fantasy adventure “The Lord of the Rings”. The Greatest LOTR Video Games of All Time.Middle-earth: Shadow of War Is An Action Adventure.Embrace The Journey In The LOTR: Adventure Card Game.This LEGO LOTR Adventure Offers Fun For Everyone.Is LOTRO The Absolute Best MMORPG Ever Made?.Tolkien: The Lord of Fantasy by Elana Gomel.Tolkien as a Writer for Young Adults by Jessica Yates.Bibliographical Listings (Books about Tolkien).Tolkien: Biographical Sketch by David Doughan ![]()
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