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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: Frodo or the Ring?
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Quote:<hr> Some say it is Frodo speaking and others, holding that JRRT carefully selected his words, interpret the voice coming from the wheel of fire as the Ring itself speaking.<hr></blockquote>
How about another approach?
Does anyone realize that directly prior to this, Frodo's will had all but surrendered, and that the attack by Gollum is the catalyst that 'broke' his will, and when he truly 'claimed' the ring as his own in his heart?
Re-read the passage I'm talking about. Decide Then if it's Frodo speaking, the Ring Speaking, or Frodo finally by right of claim (instead of just bearer) is experiencing the first twinge of ring command and speaking with and through the power of the Ring.
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