![]() ![]() ![]() When he killed his friend he became a social outcast, which even more contributed to his further moral degradation and his alienation from "normal" social life. Then add to this, that Gollum is also pretty much a product of his circumstances. ![]() But he saw what a miserable creature Gollum was and felt compassion for him. That is something we could surmise Bilbo wouldn't have done, as evident from the mercy he showed Gollum - a supposedly disgusting creature he didn't even know - when he had him at the point of his sword after stealing his ring. After all the ring for him was won in an act of evil in the first place, murdering his friend for the "precious". Those effects might very well have worsened if Bilbo would have kept the ring for longer.īut another important aspect is, that Gollum is a morally weaker person to begin with. And also remember his reluctance to give up the ring (into which he had to be seriously "persuaded" by Gandalf) and his "outburst" in Rivendell when he caught a glimpse of it on Frodo's neck (a scene that made me jump in my seat on the first view and that still terrifies me whenever I see it). Remember how everyone was surprised at Bilbo's apparently unaged looks compared to his actual age (and his pretty fast aging once he didn't have the ring anymore). First of all, the possession of the ring didn't stay entirely without effect even to Bilbo. ![]()
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