A complex Gollum - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Birdland · 02-24-2002, 03:31 PM

Great thread! I had never thought too much about Gollum's "issues" before now. (Don't get me wrong, though. Still feel that Gollum has to accept personal responsibility. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] )

I've just been re-reading "Riddles in the Dark", and even there, where Gollum isn't much more than a "Boogie Man" in a cave, Tolkien hints at his lost humanity.

There are many examples of an Everyman playing an heroic role in epic events in fiction, but Gollum may be the first Everyman Villain.

02-24-2002, 03:31 PM	#8
Birdland Ghastly Neekerbreeker Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: the banks of the mighty Scioto Posts: 1,751	Great thread! I had never thought too much about Gollum's "issues" before now. (Don't get me wrong, though. Still feel that Gollum has to accept personal responsibility. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] ) I've just been re-reading "Riddles in the Dark", and even there, where Gollum isn't much more than a "Boogie Man" in a cave, Tolkien hints at his lost humanity. There are many examples of an Everyman playing an heroic role in epic events in fiction, but Gollum may be the first Everyman Villain.