the lord of the rings - How did Smeagol turn into Gollum?
2. Smeagol turned into Gollum because he had the ring by himself for to long. In a way, it "possessed" Smeagol. If you were to live forever unless someone killed you, and you lived in an underground cave with no sunlight, eating raw fish, wearing a possessed ring, decaying… you'd get Gollum. Share.
the lord of the rings - How did Frodo get to know the story of …
Mar 11, 2017 · I don't remember for sure in the movies, but in the book, Gandalf tells Frodo a great deal of the tale of Smeagol while Frodo is still in the Shire. (He does this in the context of telling him about the Ring and its history, and why Frodo will have to leave for Rivendell or somewhere else.)
tolkiens legendarium - Why was Sméagol affected by the ring so …
Nov 4, 2014 · We know that the other Rings amplified their wearers' attributes, e.g. Dwarves' greed... so it's possible the One Ring amplified Sméagol's sociopathy. This was alluded to pretty explicitly by Tolkien himself. In a letter to Michael Straight (Letter 181), Tolkien writes: The domination of the Ring was too much for the mean soul of Sméagol.
Is there direct evidence that the Riverfolk were actually Hobbits?
Nov 30, 2013 · I understand that Smeagol was a Hobbit-like creature at least and always thought the "river-folk" were distantly related beings (similar to say, the Hyena and the Dog, but not actually exactly the same species. Many people seem to believe the contrary and talk as if the "river-folk" were, in fact, Hobbits for sure.
the lord of the rings - Does Smeagol/Gollum ever truly align …
Jun 20, 2015 · Again, Smeagol resists: No, not this Baggins! Gollum only gains ground when he changes the subject a bit, and gets Smeagol thinking about how wonderful it would be to have the precious back. He avoids the issue of how they could get the precious without hurting - probably killing - Frodo, and Smeagol takes the bait without noticing this omission.
Was there a significant difference between Gollum and Smeagol …
May 18, 2015 · Wow. +1 again. This might be your best answer (to one of my questions) yet. You rock. I was under the impression that killing Deagol was Smeagol's first wicked deed, and that it was less his fault than it was a result of the Ring's corruptive effects upon him, which were particularly potent at that time because it had finally been found after centuries lying in the muck.
Effects/Corruption of the One Ring on Sméagol
May 6, 2022 · It's worth noting that just as the power a person obtained by possessing the Ring was determined by that person's innate strength, the corruption the Ring wrought on a person also depended on that person's own characteristics. Smeagol was simply too small a person to achieve great corruption. (That was the saving grace of all the Hobbits.
the lord of the rings - Why does Gollum address himself as "we ...
SMEAGOL (cont'd) Smeagol promised. You must believe us. It was the Precious - the Precious made us to do it. Clearly if the Precious belonged to 'us', the sentence structure is wrong, even for Gollum/Smeagol. However, one final thought. Even before touching the ring he …
the lord of the rings - When was Smeagol planning on telling …
Nov 27, 2015 · Sméagol's plan is for Shelob to kill Frodo (and Sam) as he believes (perhaps incorrectly) that she has no interest in rings and he'll be able to retrieve The Ring after she's finished. It may well be, O yes, it may well be that when She throws away the bones and the empty garments, we shall find it, we shall get it, the Precious, a reward for ...
the lord of the rings - Why Does Gollum/Sméagol Only Eat Live …
In The Hobbit it says that Gollum also eats the occasional goblin when he can catch one out on its own. That's one of the things he uses the ring for.