He sinned, but the burden was not meant for him, and in taking it on voluntarily (and playing a large part in quite literally saving the world) he went farther than anyone could have expected. So, for Frodo the atonement is not merely complete, it is actually transformed in to a reward. However, the 'Undying Lands', while not death (in fact, the opposite) do represent a departure from this world. Not because he is the main protagonist, but because he is such an unlikely protagonist - a hobbit willing to go into the very mouths of hell to save his friends - and if in this he was overpowered - so what! So, we cannot just kill him off. However, it seems that Tolkien could not simply kill him off. Boromir had to die for his sins, and (if you've read the Hobbit) so did Thorin Oakenshield.įrodo committed serious sins by the end of the story, as the ring overpowered him and he coveted it for himself and himself alone. Sins must be atoned for, and the proper form of atonement for the gravest sins is a hero's death. Namely, in heroic literature, such as the Lord of the Rings, and in classic literature in general, authors always strive towards some kind of moral symmetry.

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