He was unable to heal emotionally from his experiences, as the wound he received from the Witch King never fully healed and caused him intense pain from time-to-time, as well as flashbacks of the event. The corruption of the ring, the near-fatal wound from the Witch King, and his newfound knowledge of the fragility of his little community left him with an outlook on the world that couldn't be covered by the formerly peaceful and blissfully ignorant life-style of the Shire folk. The Shire folk pride themselves on the ignorance of problems outside of their homeland. He chose to depart from his home because he couldn't settle back into his old life. Editįrodo ( Elijah Wood) didn't have to leave at all. To push the matter or to force it, would likely drive him mad. To even suggest he carry the Ring has highly distressed Frodo. I could not give it up, and if you tried to take it I should go mad." When Sam says, "I can't carry the Ring for you", this response from Frodo is motivating him. It is my burden, and no one else can bear it. Be off!" His hand strayed to his sword-hilt. "Stand away! Don't touch me!", he cried, "It is mine, I say. "You know I would, and gladly, as long as I have any strength." A wild light came into Frodo's eyes. "Then let me carry it a bit for you, Master," he said. You can't come between me and this doom." From the book, just before Sam says, "I can't carry it for you", there's this: Sam knew before he spoke, that it was vain, and that such words might do more harm than good, but in his pity he could not keep silent. ![]() Earlier, Frodo told Sam, "I must carry this burden to the end. Editįrodo would not have given it to Sam, and Sam knew that. And so it is just three representatives of the former (Legolas, Elladan, and Elrohir) and one of the later (Gimli) who help the Rohirrim, the Dúnedain, and the Gondorians, all of which are men who defeat the army of Mordor and Harad. While maybe not as cool as seeing a Ghost Army waft over the army of Mordor and kill everyone, in the book the actual point of the whole story is that the time of elves and dwarves is gone and the War of the Ring ushers in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth or the Age of Men. It is these ships which Aragorn commandeers with the Dúnedain and the garrison force of Pelargir (the city where the Corsair ships have just taken). In fact all they can really do is scare people, as they do in the book when the Dead Army serve their purpose and scare the Corsairs off their ships. Ring Wraiths, the most powerful ghosts in the story). In fact in the book, as with most ghosts and wraiths throughout the book they have very little power (except for the Nazgul, i.e. The ghost army was hardly as powerful in the book as they were in movie. From a story standpoint, it would have been a shortcut that would have made the overall story suffer. From the author's perspective, it would have been too easy of a solution and rendered Tolkien's Eucatastrophe meaningless, a Hobbit, the unlikeliest of creatures, defeating Sauron. At most they could have given him a fight. He showed his worthiness by honoring his word even though it might have seemed easier to try and do otherwise. Any attempt to send them into another battle would have backfired. Aragorn commanded the army of the dead to fulfill their oath by helping him with one battle. ![]() In myth and legend, unlike real life, kings were measured by nobility and the honoring of commitments. While there is no proof that the ring has the same effect on an Eagle as it does for men, there may have been too much risk in tempting the extremely proud Eagles. Finally, the ring corrupts the proud much more easily than the humble. A ground-based approach was decided to be much more effective and appropriate. Sending Frodo on the back of an eagle into Mount Doom would have been effectively air-mailing the ring to Sauron. In addition to this, there are allusions that while Sauron was still in power, the Eagles would have struggled getting to Mount Doom, at least because of the wraiths on their fell-beasts and other dark creatures and powers that Sauron had at his disposal. ![]() The Eagle, Gwahir, that rescued Gandalf ( Ian McKellen) from the tower of Saruman ( Christopher Lee) did so as a special service to Gandalf, whom he knew personally (Gandalf had previously saved his life). The Eagles are also very proud creatures, who will not allow themselves to be used as just a means of transportation. This is similar to the Ents, who only participated when they felt they were drawn in by Saruman. The Eagles did not take sides in the War of the Ring until the end, so they would not have assisted Frodo when he started his quest. The book is more elaborate on this point than the film, and Peter Jackson also explains the reason during the audio commentary on the DVD.
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