LOTR: Frodo Never Sends Sam Away, So How Are The Two Separated At Shelob's Lair?
In the 2003 film adaptation of Return of the King by Peter Jackson, there is one particular scene that has garnered many questions, and in some cases, much criticism from fans of the books. It is a scene that was added by the director and his creative team to add tension and build the story of the film, but the discrepancy with the original text left some viewers very confused.
The scene in question is the one in which Frodo and Sam are being led up the steep stairs of Cirith Ungol, towards Shelob’s lair. Unbeknownst to them, Gollum is leading them into a trap. Gollum, who was a much kinder character in the original version of the story, has an arrangement with the spider demon that was made long ago, she spared him, but in return employed him to bring her tasty and unsuspecting victims to eat. This is exactly his plan for Frodo, and when she has finished her meal, he can swoop in and collect the ring, his precious, and keep it all for himself. However, despite Frodo’s kindness towards the creature, for Frodo also knows the suffering that bearing the ring can cause, and has some similarities with the dark lord who created it, and with Gollum himself, Samwise is not so easily fooled.
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Sam has suspected Gollum and his tricksy ways from the beginning and is always awake and alert, ready to foil the creature’s plans and protect Frodo from harm. Thus, Gollum comes up with a cunning plan to separate the two, which would render the Ring-bearer far more vulnerable to his plot. In the dead of night, when both of the hobbits are asleep, Gollum steals their last supply of Lembas bread, the only food they have left to see them through the journey, and drops it off the
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