![]() ![]() His eyes lose their menacing gleam, his face softens, and he is overcome with emotion. Gollum returns, sees the two hobbits sleeping, and his expression changes drastically. For those who don't remember, Frodo is asleep, his head in Sam's lap Gollum had wandered off alone some time earlier. This chance came just before he led Sam and Frodo into Shelob's lair. I know Tolkien addressed this issue, and specifically said that Gollum had a chance at redemption. But though many of these questions and answers come close to dealing with the issue of Gollum's personal nature, none address it directly.Īnd thus I have to ask the question myself.Īccording to Tolkien- in The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, his letters, or whatever other sources you can find- was Gollum/Smeagol evil, either inherently, or after some point in his life? Or was he simply weak, and therefore easily corrupted by the Ring, but not truly evil? Some of the questions I've read here recently have discussed Gollum, his behavior, the nature of the Gollum/Smeagol dynamic, and his manner of speech, among other things.
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