Hello again.
These chapters take place entirely in Imladris -- that is, Rivendell. Frodo awakes from his wraith-induced coma, healed by Lord Elrond, and finds Gandalf with him. He is reunited with his previous traveling companions and meets the elves of Imladris, including Elrond and his daughter Arwen. Frodo also encounters Bilbo, who has traveled from the Shire to Rivendell, then to Dale, at the foot of the Lonely Mountain, and back to the elven sanctuary, where he plans to live out the rest of his days. We see the Ring's affliction upon him when he requests to see it from Frodo and practically transforms into a shadowy creature upon seeing it. Soon, many travelers arrive: the dwarf Glóin and his son Gimli, the elf-prince of Murkwood Legolas, and Boromir of Gondor. At Elrond's council meeting, much information of the Ring and several other rings -- the Three, the Seven, and the Nine -- is given. Gandalf also reports on his adventure to Isengarde and Saruman's treachery and war machine, his imprisonment atop the tower of Orthanc, and his escape with the great eagle and the journey from the Riddermark of Rohan thereafter. It is eventually decided that between the two options -- concealment or destruction of the Ring -- that the only viable choice is to destroy it, and the only possible way to do so to be in the fires in which it was made in Mordor. After some argument, Frodo volunteers to carry the Ring, and the story pauses there.
I found the film representation to be generally accurate for these chapters. The only part I really missed was that when Gimli attempts to destroy the Ring with a cleave of his axe. There was also a much more complicated story within Saruman's plot than was represented in the movie. At the end of the chapter, there was no immediate formation of the Fellowship of the Ring, but I am sure it will come promptly in the following chapters.
Thanks for reading,
C
No comments:
Post a Comment