Why does Aragorn let Frodo go?

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I think what everybody is saying is that he protected Frodo by not following him. A great warrior knowledgable of the Rings power, with the Ring itself, and only two hobbits between him. If he was tempted (which he would have been of course) he would have to make almost no effort to get to it. The movie of FotR made quite cleal anybody and everybody in the Rings 'area' would be tempted, more or less by who they were. Remember the scene at the Council of Elrond when he first reveals the Ring as Isildurs Bane? Where it goes into that twiglight moment that frodo feels when he wants to put the ring on? Everyone, Boromir, Legolas, Gimli, probably anybody who looked at the Ring, dipped into a moment like sam when he thought he could turn gorgoroth into a garden with it. Everyone for a momentthought of the great things they wanted to do with the Ring, and im sure along the way Aragorn would be wanting to 'carry the ring for frodo for a while.' Valient as he might be, nobody can resist the Ring, and he knew this, so he really protected Frodo. As far as the Ring staying out of other peoples fingers, it was probably good that the fellowship broke. That was seven less people for Frodo to worry about.
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