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Originally Posted by narfforc
It's a good question Rune, on the one hand Bilbo held it the longest of the three, on the other Sam held it closer to Mordor where it was excerting more power to corrupt...... so who showed more willpower in giving it up?
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Also, Bilbo had the help of Gandalf. But Sam was giving it to Frodo, to whom he was ready to give his life.
Personally, I think Bilbo did a greater thing. Firstly, he was
the first ever to give away the Ring without physical strength involved. Secondly, Sam was only "borrowing" the Ring, and he took it with the assumption that it's still Frodo's, the "rightful" ringbearers. Bilbo was, in a sense, the Ringbearer. He should be compared to Frodo, not Sam. But in Frodo's case, there are too many factors like proximity to Modor involved. In his case, it really plays a differenre.
It's the difference of
giving back and
giving away.