Why was Frodo sad at the end?

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, when the four hobbit friends are being honored for their journey, there is a heavy tone of sadness in Frodo's aura because although he is glad there is no longer a great evil threat lurking over Middle Earth, he wishes very badly that none of this had happened.


What mental illness does Frodo have?

The paranoid-schizoid position is fragile and challenged constantly; Frodo's first challenge is to see the hobbit Sméagol in the wretched remains of his alter ego, Gollum, a good hobbit turned bad.

What does Frodo leaving at the end mean?

What this means is that Frodo's traumatic injuries would always come back to haunt him every year. The only way for Frodo to find peace was for him to leave Middle-earth and head to the Undying Lands, in the hopes of finally healing his injuries.


Did Frodo get a happy ending?

Sauron's defeat allowed for a happy ending for the surviving members of the Fellowship of the Ring as they moved on with their lives. Frodo and Sam (Sean Astin) returned to the Shire at last, and Sam started a family.

Why did Frodo leave with Gandalf at the end?

Frodo left Middle Earth because he was physically and mentally wounded by his ordeals, and craved a place to rest. While normally only Elves are allowed back to Valinor, the other people present made an exception for him (and other Ring bearers, such as Bilbo and later Sam).


Why did Frodo have to leave Middle Earth? and other questions



Why was Frodo allowed to the Undying Lands?

Generally, the Valar only permitted immortals the right to reside in the Undying Lands. In the Third Age, Frodo, Bilbo, and later Gimli got special dispensation to travel to the Undying Lands because they were ring-bearers.

Is the Undying Lands heaven?

The Undying Lands are a place of extreme blessings, essentially the heaven counterpart of Middle Earth. Very few are permitted to go there after an ancient rift in which some elves chose immortality, and others chose to take on a mortal lifespan.

Is Frodo immortal in Undying Lands?

And Tolkein himself confirms this in his own private letters, where he makes it clear that Frodo and his friend Sam (who is also eventually granted a place in Valinor) would always be mere mortals and would eventually succumb to death even if they were to remain in The Undying Lands.


What did Frodo do for 17 years?

Frodo inherited Bag End and Bilbo's ring. Gandalf, uncertain about the origin of the ring, warned Frodo to avoid using it and to keep it secret. Frodo kept it hidden for the next seventeen years, and it gave him the same longevity it had given Bilbo.

Is Frodo supposed to be Jesus?

Frodo, as the Ring-Bearer, emerges as a Christ figure, the one who bears the Cross, and with it the sins and the hopes of humanity. He emerges also as an Everyman figure, in the tradition of the mediaeval Mystery Plays, who takes up his own cross in emulation of Christ.

Why didn't they hide the ring in the Undying Lands?

The ring is too dangerous a commodity even for the Undying Lands. Elrond makes the final decision, stating that 'the ring should be destroyed: as long as it is in the world, it will be a danger even to the wise.


Why do they leave for the Undying Lands?

Going away to the Undying Lands wasn't the same as an exile or a punishment, but it was rather a sort of reward, and a final gift given to the Elves by the ones who sent them to Middle-earth in the first place.

Why are the Baggins immune to the Ring?

The hobbits are perhaps the only creatures in The Lord Of The Rings that can stand against the power of the Ring because of their love of all things good and simple. Not even the elves or wizards are able to fully resist the draw of power or evil.

What was Gollum's illness?

Eventually Sméagol created Gollum, the outsider, who had a more violent personality. The diagnosis by UCL scientists was reached after a survey of medical students who largely diagnosed Smeagol (Gollum) as having schizophrenia.


Is Gollum a schizophrenic?

His odd interests and spiteful behaviour have led to difficulty in forming friendships and have caused distress to others. He fulfils seven of the nine criteria for schizoid personality disorder (ICD F60. 1), and, if we must label Gollum's problems, we believe that this is the most likely diagnosis.

Who ends up in the Undying Lands?

Frodo goes to the Undying Lands with the elves. While the mortal human, hobbit, and dwarf characters discuss death and dying (and do plenty of it) in Lord of the Rings, the immortal elves don't talk about their end in the same manner at all.

Did Sam ever see Frodo again?

After his wife died in Fo. A. 61, on 22 September Sam left Bag End, and went to the Tower Hills where he was last seen by Elanor, entrusting to her the Red Book; according to her, he went to the Grey Havens to sail across the Sea and be reunited with Frodo in the Undying Lands.


Is Gimli the last dwarf?

Myth: Gimli is the last dwarf.

Though Gimli has no children, he is not the last Dwarf of Middle-earth. After the fall of Sauron, his people continued to thrive in the Lonely Mountain. Gimli made his home in Rohan, in the Glittering Caves of Aglarond, and many of his kinsfolk came with him.

Did Sam ever go to the Undying Lands?

It is to the Undying Lands that the White Ship sails at the end of The Lord of the Rings. The Ring-bearers, Bilbo Baggins and Frodo Baggins were among the very few mortal beings to set foot on the shores of the Undying Lands. Later Samwise Gamgee, and then Gimli and Legolas together, ventured for the Undying Lands.

Why did Galadriel jump off the ship?

But, just as she and her battalion were crossing over into the light, Galadriel decided to make a leap of faith (in herself, and her knowledge) and jumped into the sea to return to Middle-earth, aware her battle is far from over.


Do you live forever in the Undying Lands?

They're not immortal. The Undying Lands do not confer immortality on mortals. This was the big lie that Sauron told to Ar-Pharazôn the Golden to persuade him to attack Valinor: that those who went there became immortal. In fact, being in Valinor itself actually shortens the lives of mortals.

How did Elves turn into orcs?

In The Silmarillion, Orcs are East Elves (Avari) enslaved, tortured, and bred by Morgoth (as Melkor became known); they "multiplied" like Elves and Men.