Aragorn's Dilemma

[HerenIstarion]

Haunting Spirit
Posts: 90

Frodo couldn't even toss it into the fireplace in Bag End and didn't want to show it to Bilbo at Rivendell

First of all, Frodo changed much since, he was supposed to change. Valar, and, therefore, Maiar, one of whom Gandalf was, can not predict Illuvatar's Children's behavior, they only deduct. On the other hand, it was Gandalf himself who opposed Frodo in conversation concerning Gollum, who, as Frodo said, deserved death.

Third, and most important of all - The burden of the Ring was not laid on Frodo by force, but by his own will, so nobody would have had right to force him to give it up, and, also, one taking the ring by force would have been presumably even less able to throw it into the fire than Frodo was

Aragorn was right in his choice