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weaver
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Oct 9 2012, 2:39am
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Welcome! I think you are new(er) so glad you wandered in and with such a good questions.
You might enjoy spending some time in TORn's Reading Room where many questions like this are pondered!
I know, in Letters, Tolkien does reflect a bit on what would have happened to Gollum had he continued to respond to Frodo's kindness toward him, rather than react as he did to Sam's actions toward him. The gist of it was that Gollum would still have gone to his doom at Mt. Doom, but it might have been more in trying to save both Frodo and the Ring, so there would have been a more noble act offsetting his desire for the Ring. It's interesting to me that Tolkien did not give Gollum this "out", but rather went for the more tragic/bad ending for him.
I know this doesn't quite answer your question, but you got me thinking -- thanks!
Weaver
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Gollum's ultimate "fate"?
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CyberGhostface
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Oct 5 2012, 11:11pm
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Yes.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 6 2012, 3:59am
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great question
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dijomaja
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Oct 6 2012, 11:14am
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True, however
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elevorn
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Oct 8 2012, 1:52pm
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well, first let me say...
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weaver
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Oct 9 2012, 2:39am
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Literary Cowardice II
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JWPlatt
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Oct 9 2012, 3:24am
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Well if you have an artisticall inspiration...
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Mr. Arkenstone (isaac)
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Oct 9 2012, 2:55pm
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Fictional characters often wander off to unspecified fates.
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Elizabeth
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Oct 9 2012, 10:18pm
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Rationalizations
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JWPlatt
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Oct 9 2012, 10:51pm
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Maybe you're misinterpreting
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FarFromHome
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Oct 10 2012, 8:49am
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don't forget...
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dijomaja
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Oct 11 2012, 11:02am
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