Once you have used it, doing something without using it would seem silly. Now consider that the ring isn't something only mildly addictive like coffee, but something with its own, sinister will. Somebody who is aware of this fact may decide not to use coffee, despite the fact that it might offer a (temporary) solution to his problem (staying awake.) However, in the long run you will start performing worse without coffee, you will "need" that coffee in the morning to function properly. For many people this is a reason to start drinking coffee. It promises something very simple, you will be able to stay awake better and focus better. The first one is perfectly possible, the second one is a lot harder, downright impossible for most.Ĭompare it to an ordinary drug almost everybody has tried coffee. The way I see it, there is a difference between "willpower to resist temptation" and "willpower to resist corruption".
Likewise I'm not aware of an explanation for Faramir's rejection (which is quite different in the books to what's presented in the movies). I'm not aware of any concrete explanation of why Aragorn rejected it perhaps his friendship with Gandalf had given him the necessary knowledge of what to do, or perhaps it was the case that his main desire was for Arwen. Galadriel's rejection of the temptation was founded upon previous thought and resolve. This same letter also provides an explanation of why others in the story also rejected the temptation of the Ring:īut this the Great had well considered and had rejected, as is seen in Elrond's words at the Council. It was part of the essential deceit of the Ring to fill minds with imaginations of supreme power. The reason why Boromir succumbed so easily is that he saw the Ring as a means of gaining power to defend Gondor as Tolkien describes in Letter 246: 'Do not tempt me! For I do not wish to become like the Dark Lord himself.' And over me the Ring would gain a power still greater and more deadly.' His eyes flashed and his face was lit as by a fire within. 'With that power I should have power too great and terrible. 'No!' cried Gandalf, springing to his feet. 'But I have so little of any of these things! You are wise and powerful. The Ring actually does offer some temptation to Gandalf in the books (I can't recall if the same happens in the movies), as is described in Shadow of the Past:
I'll refer you to Tom Shippey's The Road to Middle-earth for a more complete discussion of this observation.
DON T TEMPT ME FRODO FULL
There is an initial temptation to use it, but to have the Ring fully take control of a user, the user must be in possession of it and have continued to use it for an extended period for it to have the full effect. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo.The way Tolkien describes the Ring it's clear that its effects are addictive. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory.
Alas that he ever went on that errand! I should have been chosen by my father and the elders, but he put himself forward, as being the older and the hardier (both true), and he would not be stayed.īut fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. If it were a thing that gain advantage in battle, I can well believe that Boromir, the proud and fearless, often rash, ever anxious for the victory of Minas Tirith (and his own glory therein), might desire such a thing and be allured by it. A fell weapon, perchance, devised by the Dark Lord. Clearly he thought it had immense value in the world, though not to him, and it still did not tempt him.įrom Book 4 Chapter 5: Faramir: talking in a whisper to Frodo, "What in truth this Thing is I cannot yet guess but some heirloom of power and peril it must be. He doesn't give a motive but I think he had the same opinion about about ring as the Counsel of Elrond. He then offers to aid Frodo on whatever quest he is on without enquiring any further about Isildurs Bane. The excerpt below is the one you refer to.
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