LOTR: Is Faramir Responsible For Gollum Betraying Frodo?
One of the most morally ambiguous characters of the entire Lord of the Rings series is Gollum. Fans can see that Smeagol wants to be a good person, and is genuinely torn between the control and desire of the ring, and wanting to help and befriend Frodo, one of the only people who has actually understood him and his plight in the last 500 years. However, Gollum, his famous alter ego is suspicious at the best of times, and violently murderous at the worst. Gollum is willing to do whatever it takes to get back the ring.
In some sense, Gollum literally kept Smeagol alive, because Gollum was formed as a coping mechanism to all of the traumas that Smeagol faced, including the allure of the ring making him murder his own cousin Deagol, being cast out and abandoned by his people, and living in the bowels of the earth for so long that he forgot the taste of bread and the feeling of sunshine on his face. Without Gollum, Smeagol almost certainly would have sooner, even with the unnaturally long life gifted by the ring.
What If An Imortal Went To The Undying Lands Without The Gift Of The Valar?
Arguably one of Gollum's most tragic scenes in the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy adaptations is the scene in which he is caught fishing in the forbidden pool, and beaten by Faramir’s rangers. Gollum at this point is genuinely making an innocent mistake, he is hungry, so he is drawn to the nearest source of water so that he can fish. Unfortunately, this water is sacred, and the penalty for trespassing is death. Faramir must abide by these ancient laws, but warns Frodo in advance. At this point, Faramir is still trying to gauge his unexpected guests and see if they are friend or foe, and this is part of his test. Frodo, therefore, does the only
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