In the Lord of the Rings, how does Frodo Baggins resemble Jesus?

Answer 1

In no way.

Answer 2

I got from LOTR that the friendship between Frodo and Sam was what got them through. W/o Frodo, Sam never would have gone but Frodo was completely useless w/o Sam there to 'cheer' him on/help him. Jesus did stuff at least and taught through parables. Frodo did squat except wear the thing around his neck and hallucinate every once in a while. The Narnia Chronicles? Yeah, I knew it was supposed to be the Christian fairytale for kids and I definetly saw the parallels but I thought it was pretty ironic that almost ALL of the characters were extremely pagan.

Answer 3

I've never heard this but it doesn't surprise me. It's not the first time Christians have drawn parallels between themselves and an extremely popular movie with a high moral and ethical story to tell, good versus evil type stuff. In the late 70's/early '80's they did the same with the original Star Wars movies. You can probably guess who was depicting who in that one!

Answer 4

I have never heard this but I guess you can make at least two comparisons. First, they were both leaders who traveled through dangerous places in order to accomplish good. Also Frodo thought that he was going to die on his journey to destroy the ring. He still agreed to do it to save the rest of the world. This is what Jesus did when he agreed to be crucified.

Answer 5

Ah, for Frodo carried the sins of man! But no, they existeth the same, for both are but naught in history.

Answer 6

Frodo is the sacrificial lamb of Middle-earth who bears a burden of terrible evil on behalf of the whole world, like Christ carrying his cross. Frodo’s via dolorosa or way of sorrows is at the very heart of Tolkien’s story, just as the crucifixion narratives are at the heart of the gospels accounts. As Christ descended into the grave, Frodo journeys into Mordor, the Land of Death, and there suffers a deathlike state in the lair of the giant spider Shelob before awakening to complete his task. And, as Christ ascended into heaven, Frodo’s life in Middle-earth comes to an end when he departs over the sea into the mythical West with the Elves, which is as much to say, into paradise. Frodo walks his via dolorosa or "way of sorrows" to Mount Doom like Jesus making his way to Calvary. As Jesus bore the sins of mankind, Frodo bears a great burden of evil on behalf of the world, and as he approaches the Cracks of Doom the Ring becomes as much a crushing weight as the wood of the cross. Frodo, the Ring Bearer, is Christ the Sin Bearer. He carries the burden of the Ring as Christ carried the burden of sin. He too is a living sacrifice. Frodo's wound on Weathertop is a figurative of Christ's spear wound on the Cross. Note that the wound on Weathertop is inflicted by the Witch King, another Satan figure. Frodo's voyage to the west, like Gandalf's, is also symbolic of the Ascension. It doesn't take a biblical scholar to feel some similarity between Frodo's struggle to carry the Ring up Mount Doom and Christ's struggle to carry his cross to Calvary. By the time Frodo reaches Mount Doom, he is so weighed down by the power of the Ring and despair over its destruction that Sam carries him and the Ring up the path to the Crack of Doom — shades of Simon the Cyrenian bearing Jesus' cross to Golgotha. Any parallel, intentional or not, between Frodo and Christ ends when Gollum attacks Frodo on the path in their second-to-last encounter. Gollum's effort to wrest the Ring from him re-ignites Frodo's will, showing how stern and powerful he has become under the Ring's influence. In prophetic and commanding words, Frodo fends off Gollum, warning that if he ever touches him again, he will be cast into the Fire of Doom. Unlike Christ, who at the height of his trial on the cross submits his will to God's and commends his spirit into His hands, Frodo, at the climax of his ordeal with the Ring, exerts his own will first by choosing not to complete the quest, saying, "I will not do this deed." With this declaration of will, Frodo claims the One Ring as his own and puts it on to openly reveal himself to the Eye of Sauron. One can only surmise that at that point Frodo is prepared to directly challenge the Dark Lord for the title of Lord of the Ring. The idea that Frodo could best Sauron in a contest of evil, even wearing the Ring, is hard to believe. More likely than not, the Ring is simply using Frodo to get back to its master by revealing its whereabouts. The great irony of this situation is that the moment Frodo feels as though he's finally mastered the Ring by claiming it and deciding against its destruction is precisely when the Ring takes completely mastery of him and turns his will into its will. Frodo's failure at Mount Doom is the polar opposite of Christ's victory on the cross, wherein Christ masters his suffering and death by submitting his will to this fate. When Jesus died, an earthquake occurred and did destroy things, same as Frodo, when he destroyed the ring, all the lands in Mordor did shake then finally destroyed including Mount Doom and the Eye of Sauron.

Answer 7

According to J.R.R. Tolkien, only by coincidence.

Answer 8

Neither one really exists.

Answer 9

They are both characters in fantasy books.

Answer 10

Heh-heh... yer funny.

Answer 11

He's really really short.