Sméagol kills his friend Déagol to gain the Ring, and is corrupted by it, becoming wholly miserable as the creature Gollum. Tolkien uses the Ring to illuminate the moral choices made by each character. The Wizard Saruman turns to evil and is wholly corrupted, lured by pride and power, but never gets the Ring. Some other characters are of an earlier time, and are unaffected by the Ring the giant spider Shelob is unquestionably evil but uninterested in the Ring. Sauron was already corrupted when he chose to put much of his power into the Ring to gain further control of Middle-earth. The corrupting effect of power in the book is not limited to the Ring. Scholars such as Tom Shippey consider the theme to be modern, since in earlier times, power was considered to reveal character, not to alter it, recalling the English politician Lord Acton's 1887 statement that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". The corrupting power of the Ring has been compared to the Ring of Gyges in Plato's Republic, which gave the power of invisibility and so tempted its owner, but there is no evidence that Tolkien modelled The Lord of the Rings on that story. The theme of addiction to power in The Lord of the Rings is central, as the Ring, made by the Dark Lord Sauron to enable him to take over the whole of Middle-earth, progressively corrupts the mind of its owner to use the Ring for evil. The photos are from Peter Jackson's TFotR, TTT, TRotK and The Hobbit.Ring and power in J. The artist is, if known, stated in the picture corner. Most of the drawn background pictures are from Ted Nasmith, Alan Lee and John Howe. ![]() ![]() Poems and Phrases in Languages other than Common Speech ![]() :)Ĭlick on a picture to see the bigger size. You won't find any quotes from the film versions! :) (Only the originals from the books) Still, photos from the films are used as backgrounds.įeel free to submit parts or tell me your wishes of parts and characters.
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