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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen
courage ... [and]... whatever else he [Frodo] needed
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That'd be hope in an
Estel sense, i.e. trust (in authority of Gandalf and via that in authority of Eru)
The latter is not explicit from the LoTR itself, and one needs to draw in UT resources for that, but, ultimately, it comes down to that - Frodo trusts in (most of the time) what Gandalf told him to be the right way, keeps on trusting even with Gandalf (presumably for Frodo) dead - i.e. knowing that course of action chosen by Gandalf proved fatal for Gandalf himself, and knowing that it may well prove fatal for Frodo as well. Doing it hard way, one time too many shown by Boromir what 'easy way' may land him (and anybody else) in.