The Root of all Evil. - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Lolidir · 09-05-2005, 08:07 PM

As has been said before the greater evil in LOTR, and in perhaps the world today, is power. In LOTR Sauron is not lusting the gold ring, but the power it holds. If he gets it back then he can regain his physical form and control the world. What do you need to control? Power. Saruman, he also wanted the ring for its power, ordered that the haflings be brought to him. Why was this? Do you think that a wizard, who could strike fear in the hearts of people, wanted gold? It was the power that the ring possesed. And did Gandalf not say in chapter 2 of the Fellowship, The Shadow of the Past, "with that power I should have power too great and terrible" when Frodo offered him the ring? The quote continues a little more, but for the sake of this deiscussion that should be enough. So if you think about it, the real evil in LOTR is the lust for power, not gold. Gold is merely a symbol for it as money is for today. People place things, or objects as symbols of power. eg. the Crowned jewles of England or the Silmarils. The evil in LOTR is the lust for power.

09-05-2005, 08:07 PM	#22
Lolidir Wight Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Roaming the plains of Middle Earth Posts: 103	Power As has been said before the greater evil in LOTR, and in perhaps the world today, is power. In LOTR Sauron is not lusting the gold ring, but the power it holds. If he gets it back then he can regain his physical form and control the world. What do you need to control? Power. Saruman, he also wanted the ring for its power, ordered that the haflings be brought to him. Why was this? Do you think that a wizard, who could strike fear in the hearts of people, wanted gold? It was the power that the ring possesed. And did Gandalf not say in chapter 2 of the Fellowship, The Shadow of the Past, "with that power I should have power too great and terrible" when Frodo offered him the ring? The quote continues a little more, but for the sake of this deiscussion that should be enough. So if you think about it, the real evil in LOTR is the lust for power, not gold. Gold is merely a symbol for it as money is for today. People place things, or objects as symbols of power. eg. the Crowned jewles of England or the Silmarils. The evil in LOTR is the lust for power. __________________ "Its a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to" Last edited by Lolidir; 09-05-2005 at 08:10 PM.