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...the "temptation" was the little bit of "evil" they have in them. (Boromir88)
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I don't think temptation in itself is evil. After, the world's only perfect person was tempted himself.
But I see part of what you mean. Galadriel's temptation...
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...when at last all that [Galadriel] had desired in her youth came to her hand, the Ring of Power and the dominion of Middle-earth of which she had dreamed...
(UT II 3 - emphasis mine)
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...came from her inherent desire to own the Ring and destroy Sauron with it. A good quest, but the dominion of Middle-earth afterwards?
Gandalf's on the other hand came from his desire to do good. [Sorry, no quotes!] So his temptation is not evil. If he succumbed, he would have thought he did good, then it would get evil quickly.
So there. That's it. all other things that I would have said myself had already been said.
Oh, yeah. Evil never wins.
