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Originally Posted by Essex
thanks for making the above point Estel. To add to this, Aragorn killed the MoS to stop him spreading the rumour of Frodo's death and therefore the end of the West's Quest to destroy Sauron. Imagine Aragorn's Men hearing this claim. They would lose ALL hope, and some may have also deserted (or lost heart as some do at the Crossroads), leaving Aragorn and co in an even worse state.
As he says "I will not believe it".
He had to stop this poison spreading and this is how he did it (movie wise). Obviously in the books, the MoS came to Parley, and we can see his frightened stance as he declares that he cannot be attacked precisley because of this point.
Also, in the book, the scene is slightly different as the MoS declares Frodo as a SPY, and therefore meaning that the Ring was not found in his possesion, as this would have totally changed the context of his Speech and what he says.
As a Movie Lover as well as a book lover, this scene is one of my favourites in the EE, even though it was different to the Book in certain circumstances.
Although it also leaves another Jackson "plot hole" as my 6 year old (who loves the MoS) keeps asking me - where did his Horse go? (and his body for that...) I just tell him it ran off!
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Well, the men in the army had no earhtly idea about the magnitude of Frodo's mission, (they didn't know about the Ring) so the notion that one of their own had been caught and tortured would only have added fuel to the fire, putting them in a fey battle mood, instead of making them lose hope.
Also Araogrn says: "I
will not believe it." NOT "I do not believe it." If the last were the case, I would have said: "Alright, he knows it's not true, and he wants to put an end to false rumours." But as is the case, it's like Sauron's lies have found a fertile soil in his mind and now he's in denial of them although he believes them. To me it seems like MoS won, even though Aragorn killed him. He acted no better than his enemy would.
We all seem to agree that he acts out a weakness that BookAragorn would never display. If you look at the circumstances in which MovieAragorn does this deed, you see it was immediately after looking into the Palantir and seeing that disturbing image of Arwen, curtesy of Red Eye Broadcasting.
He thinks his loved one is dead and now he finds out he lost a friend and on top of everything, mankind is doomed. So he takes it out on the first evil thing that comes in his path, because all rules of decency and honourable behaviour mean nothing to him anymore. Hm. Just played Devil's Advocate. I'm not sure I believe myself.
But thank you Boromir88 for this thread because I remembered a topic I wanted to start since I saw ROTK extended and have been putting it off, that should be of interest to this one. I'll go start it now.
