LOTR: Why Does Aragorn Challenge Sauron In The Palantir?

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Aragorn is quite possibly the strongest warrior in the whole of the War of the Ring, and is certainly the only one who could have risen to the throne of Gondor, and united the kingdoms in an era of peace in the days after Sauron’s demise. Aragorn is a unique blend of everything that opposes Sauron, being a Dunedain of Numenorian blood, descended from both Luthien who once defeated the dark lord, and Isildur who cut the ring of power from his finger, and of course, being in cahoots with some of Sauron’s greatest foes, including Gandalf, Galadriel, and Elrond.

Aragorn acts in both the books and the film adaptations of the trilogy as the pinnacle of the race of men, one whose heart is noble and true, whose loyalty to his friends is the greatest challenge for the dark lord to face, whose very genes allow him to summon an unconquerable army of the dead, and whose will has been trained towards the purpose of beating Sauron for all of his years of existence. All other men in the trilogy, even the underestimated and underappreciated Faramir, and his mighty brother Boromir, fall short of Aragorn’s heroism.

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That is why Aragorn is the only one who could challenge Sauron in the Palantir, and win. In the film version, Gandalf confides in Aragorn “The rumor has reached him. The heir of Numenor still lives. Sauron fears you Aragorn. He fears what you may become.” this spurs Aragorn to take up the Palantir and wrestle with Sauron for its control. The audience already knows that this is a very dangerous thing to attempt, because of the previous scene in which Pippin picked up the Palantir and was almost driven insane by it. A well as nearly cracking his mind, the dark lord could