2006-08-24 18:19:50 · 14 answers · asked by mike m 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Frodo spent himself in the quest to destroy the Ring. It was completely altruistic. He was not doing it for himself. Each day wore him down a little more.
Quote: "I am wounded by knife, sting, and tooth, and a long burden. Where shall I find peace?" Gandalf did not answer.
Been a while since I read it, but that's the gist. The Ring weighed on Frodo terribly and the films only partly conveyed that. And in the same period, he was stabbed by a Morgul knife and nearly lost his soul to the Ringwraiths; he was pounded by a huge orc (not a troll) who nearly skewered him; he was stung and nearly eaten by Shelob; and finally maimed by Gollum. But worst of all was the destructive burden of the Ring, which Bilbo had also suffered.
The real truth is that he risked everything for others, and was so deeply injured by it all that he could no longer live in his own homeland. He was allowed to seek healing in Valinor, not so much as a reward, but as a compensation for all he had suffered on the behalf of others.
Tolkien's other books, The Silmarillion, and The Book of Lost Tales, imply that Frodo's life will actually be shortened by setting foot in Valinor, that it is a form of heaven which burns too brightly for mortals to endure for long. My feeling was that he knew this, and traded long life for healing of his soul.
Just a thought.
2006-08-24 18:25:28 · answer #1 · answered by KALEL 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The wound inflicted by the Morgul blade, wielded by the Witch King of Angmar, leader of the Ringwraiths, which Frodo received on Weathertop in Fellowship of the Ring, had finally taken its toll on him. The wound had gone deep enough that Frodo could fight it for all his life, but eventually he would have to succumb to its effects. Instead of happening though, Gandalf and the Elves allow Frodo to pass beyond the shadows of the world and to follow them to the Grey Havens, the Elvish paradise.
2006-08-24 19:47:07 · answer #2 · answered by spanky 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he's granted passage around the sea to Valinor, the land of the valar and the actual residing house of Gandalf and of the extreme elves. I see it as a mix of reward and of healing. The reward is given to the two Frodo and Bilbo for his or her section to find, guarding and destroying the hoop (and there's a splash the two in Frodo's words to Sam, and interior the appendices, that Sam became additionally granted the comparable reward as he too had carried the hoop quickly). The healing is predicated on the remark that Frodo's wounds had on no account somewhat healed (the morgul blade, Shelob's sting, the lacking finger - and definitely the shortcoming of the "priceless" ring). in elementary terms in Valinor, the blessed land, can he discover the healing that isn't attainable in center Earth.
2016-09-29 23:20:26 · answer #3 · answered by regula 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frodo had no choice but to leave because if you remember back to the first movie, one of the wringwraiths stabbed him and this caused him to become ill and slowly he was dieing. HIs only option was to leave the world he was in and go into another were he would be immortal. If you watch the scene from the first movie, when they are camping on the montain and the wringwraith stabs him, then watch the boat scene in the third movie you will better understand
2006-08-24 18:30:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because he was contaminated by the presence of the ring. He would live the rest of his life with that contamination so he was allowed to sail to the Gray Havens and be free of the taint of evil.
2006-08-24 18:25:36 · answer #5 · answered by boukenger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all people that had held the ring for period of time had to go to a place of peace---what sam held the ring--it was just a short period of time--- but frodo and bilbo baggins had the ring for long periods of time---all ring bearers had to go to place of solice--away from everyone--
2006-08-24 18:26:27 · answer #6 · answered by lhardwick69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
imho, because everybody knew what he did, he would never again be treated like a normal hobbit. essentially, he would be like Elvis. so, he wanted to go somewhere where nobody knew who he was and what he did and start a new life.
or, like his uncle, that village held too much sadness and bad memories.
2006-08-24 23:42:40 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The journey to the Mount Doom drained him of his will to live.
2006-08-24 18:23:02 · answer #8 · answered by LORD Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
becuase he got killed in the nether world when he got stabbed. the quest kept him alive until it was completed
2006-08-24 18:24:11 · answer #9 · answered by iberius 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because elijah wood had to go make green street hooligans.
2006-08-24 19:19:59 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋