Absolutely, I would say there was good in him and absolutely I would say there was evil in him right from the start. After all, you could have timed from the Ring showing up to him killing Deagol with a stopwatch.
I think Smeagol's character was fatally flawed and when he killed Deagol he crossed a line from which he could never return no matter how hard he tried.
I know this is the book forum, but I love these lines from Gollum's Song on TTT soundtrack.
"These tears you cry
Have come to late"
H.C.
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"Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs."
-Denethor
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