Wow! Great responses, personally, I've always thought Gollum/Smeagol had issues before the ring, and the ring certainly enlarged them. Whether he is evil or not is also another question about him I have on my mind. As many of you have probably thought, he is the hero and the villain of LOTR, but is he evil? Certainly Tolkien put some evil in him, but was it justs Gollum's nature to be hideous? Even more hideous, certainly, than a cat named Rainbow. Any opinions?
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