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But if the Ring was desroyed why It was tormenting Frodo after he returned to the Shire.
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As Gandalf said, some wounds can never fully be healed. Frodo would never fully be rid of the influence of the Ring. Think of it this way: A family pet or family member can pass away, and yet not be forgotten and continue to have an impact on the psyche of the bereaved. Perhaps a more pertinent analogy, given Frodo's relationship to the Ring, is this: A murderer can be caught and executed, but the damage he has wrought will not necessarily be forgotten, nor will it be healed with the death of the murderer.
Furthermore, it was not only the Ring that tormented Frodo in the Shire. It was also the lack of praise and honor he received from the hobbits of the Shire, despite his great deeds and renown in other places, and the pain that came to him annually on each anniversary of the wound inflicted upon him by the Blade of the Witch King at Weathertop.
[ 10:10 AM December 05, 2003: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]