musturde Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Can anyone plz tell me what the ending of Lotr 3 means? When Frodo goes on a boat to a "better placE". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inDEED Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 I believe he went with the Elves to live comfortably forever... An immortal existence of sorts... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 yeah... but what does that mean? does it mean he lives in heaven? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 is he a saint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantstopdancin9 Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 no, it just means that he is going where all the other elves go. it's some place where they don't die cause of they're "powers". know what i mean? i don't think any of the three stories has anything to do with any kind of religion at all (even if the author was catholic). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 (edited) but why would only Frodo go? Why would he go in the first place? Edited December 26, 2003 by musturde Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
track2004 Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 but why would only Frodo go? Why would he go in the first place? Frodo had to go bc he carried the burned of the ring. Ya sam carried it for a good hours or what have u, but the ring changed Frodo. When he gets back to the Shire he even says that every one else's lives had returned to normal, but he felt out of place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 so from that he decides he'll live with elves? Why does Gandalf and Bilbo go? Btw I want to thank all of u who have answered my questions so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary's Knight, La Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 Read the Silmarillion not only is it an excellent work but it answers all those questions. in short the elves are going back to where they came from, because frodo saved middle earth from an evil that predated even the firstborn(elves) he merited a place with the elves in their return it's very garden of edenish in nature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 cool, but why Gandalf and Bilbo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 The ending of the movie and the ending of the book are different, yet the same. The sailing into the undying lands can be interpreted two ways: Frodo went to heaven, or he went to live with the elves in the "undying lands". this doesn't necessarily means that he has died, but he's going where "no war, pain or despair" are. Frodo must go for a number of reasons. In the book, which are touched lightly in the movie, (but hopefully more in the exended versions) Frodo always feels pain and fear from his wounds even after the ring has been destroyed. The shire doesn't even recognize him as the "hero" but rather Sam and Merry and Pippin. They regard Frodo as, well the "groupie" that went with the other 3 hobbits. Anyways, in the book, Arwen gives up her seat (remember she stays with Aragorn) and she gives him her seat on the ship to the grey havens and also gives Frodo the Evenstar which will aid him when his hurts and fears trouble him. So basically, his hurts get worse and worse, his fears still come and he must go and pass into the West "until all the wounds and weariness has healed." Gandalf must go for his time was limited. (I'll look that up later for more details) He came back only to help as much as he was needed. Bilbo was a ring bearer also, so he is granted passage. Hope that helps some. Anyways, I love the LOTR: ROTK! :cheer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musturde Posted December 26, 2003 Author Share Posted December 26, 2003 so Does he ever come back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 In the book he doesn't come back. After Rose, Sam's wife dies (old old age) Sam sails into the grey havens, the last of the ring bearers. :sadder: This of course happens after a long filled life with many children etc. The appendix tells what happens to ALL of the fellowship and thier decendents. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
traichuoi Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 thanks for asking this musturde...i was thinking the same thing but was too prideful to ask anyone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmjtina Posted December 26, 2003 Share Posted December 26, 2003 :coffee: :book: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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