frodo had to take the ring to mount doom.
frodo had to take the ring to mount doom.
where did frodo have to take the ring?
mount doom
in the film, aragorn leads the entire remaining force of rohan and gondor's men to the black gate without incident. in the book, tactics are discussed, forces divide and fight smaller skirmishes in anórien and ithilien before the army (only a fraction of the full remaining strength of the nations of men) reach the morannon. the romance that develops between éowyn and faramir during their recoveries in the houses of healing is also largely cut, presumably to keep the focus on aragorn and arwen; the subplot is only briefly referenced in the extended edition with a scene where the two hold hands. sam and frodo's major rift in their friendship, due to gollum's machinations, never takes place in the book, but was added by the writers in believing that it added drama and more complexity to the character of frodo. frodo enters shelob's lair alone in the film, whereas in the book he and sam entered together. this was done to make the scene more horrific with frodo being alone, and sam's rescue at the last minute more dramatic. frodo's ordeal in the tower of cirith ungol and subsequent rescue by sam are also changed; in the book, frodo is stripped, beaten, and cruelly interrogated by the orcs, while in the film, he is tied up but only briefly threatened by an orc moments before sam's arrival. the reunion of frodo and sam in the film is also shorter and less emotional than in the book; rather than comforting the physically injured and severely traumatised frodo as in the book, sam, after killing the orc that was threatening frodo but had not struck him, briefly accepts his apology for having doubted him and returns the ring to him before suggesting that they find some orc clothing for frodo to wear. in the film, sam also does not experience "delusions of grandeur" about what he could do if he took the ring for himself, like he does in the book. sam instead overcomes a very brief moment of temptation which, instead of stemming from thoughts of how he could use the ring for himself, seems to come from his concern for frodo and wish to reduce the ring's harm to his friend by sharing the burden. also, in the film viewers do not know that sam has the ring until he gives it back to frodo, whereas in the book the reader knows that sam has the ring. when sam and frodo are diverted into the orc march in mordor and are about to collapse, in the film's extended edition they start a fake combat between each other and thus provoke some chaos during which they manage to escape, instead of slipping off during a congestion caused by several armies trying to get through the narrow isenmouthe, as told in the novel. gollum's fall into the lava of mount doom was also rewritten for the film, as the writers felt tolkien's original idea (gollum simply slips and falls off) was anti-climactic. originally, an even greater deviation was planned: frodo would heroically push gollum over the ledge to destroy him and the ring, but the production team eventually realised that it looked more like frodo murdering gollum. as a result, they had frodo and gollum struggle for possession of the ring and both slip over the edge by accident.
the lord of the rings: the return of the king
at the beginning of the story, sam is frodo's gardener, and is drawn into frodo's adventure by gandalf while eavesdropping on a private conversation. throughout the story, sam is frodo's steadfast companion and servant, portrayed as both physically and emotionally strong, often pushing frodo through difficult parts of the journey, and at times physically carrying him when frodo was too weak to go on. sam even serves as ring-bearer for a short time when frodo is captured; sam's emotional strength is again on display as he willingly gives the ring up when frodo is capable of carrying it again, the only character besides bilbo baggins and tom bombadil known to resist its pull. following the war of the ring sam returned to the shire, and returned to his role as gardener, helping to replant the trees which had been destroyed during the scouring of the shire. he was elected mayor of the shire for seven consecutive terms, and in his old age was one of the last denizens of middle-earth to be permitted to enter the undying lands, an honour accorded to him as one of the ring-bearers.
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