The fate of all the Free Peoples is indeed ruled by Bilbo’s Pity because it is Gollum who takes the Ring to the Fire in which it had been forged when, in the violence of his attack upon Frodo and his uncontrollable excitement in regaining possession of the Ring, he overbalances and so falls into the Cracks of Doom. Readers of The Lord of the Rings know that Gandalf’s words are prophetic. The second climax comes as Frodo cries out, “He deserves death”.Īnd Gandalf replies, “My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many- yours not least.” Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need.” The first comes after Frodo’s desperate cry, “What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!”Īnd Gandalf replies, “Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. The story of Gollum that Gandalf tells comes to a great climax in two separate passages in which Gandalf speaks of Pity. The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R Tolkien (Harper Collins 1991) pp.
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