hi! i'm new to the message board, but may i make bold to say am really glad that this question was asked, because it's one that is quite dear to my heart. permit me to pick up thingol's train of thought way up there, and say you couldn't have put it more eloquently or elegantly, thingol (takes leaf circlet off head, bows)...
may i add, frodo's strength cannot only be gauged by how far and effective he bore the ring and how changed he was in its course to doom, but also by how much he had to sacrifice in both the bearing and after. nearly all of the fellowship, save him and boromir, had emerged from the war of the rings to greater glory, fame even reward; it had always pained me that for frodo, sacrifice was the greater part of his lot even after the war. he had renown very little in the shire, the pain that never goes away, and the ultimate sacrifice of giving up the one thing he cherished above all else-- his beloved shire. in the larger sheme of things, having chosen the ring and the frightening change it occasioned, he had given up everything. it is the greatest courage there is -- "someone has to give it up, lose it, so that others may keep it". this is the very stuff heroes and martyrs are made of.
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