The Ring Power

At the heart of the story is the Ring and it is The One Ring of power. Lord of the Rings is a tale of good deeds that triumph over evil. It is also a story of power and corruption. The desire for absolute power is the topic of The Lord of the Rings. The Ring acts as a symbol of evil that the author explores in his novel. It represents power, and with that power it corrupts anyone that comes in contact with it. When Sauron forged the Ring, he infused his own power and soul into it to ensure that it had the power needed for him to reach his goals. It is because of this that it doesn’t matter if one’s intention is to do good, all that is done with the Ring, including the ring bearer, becomes evil through its corrupt influence.

The Ring is a representation

Instead of destroying The Ring, Boromir suggests it be used against Sauron and his army. “It is a gift. A gift to the foes of Mordor. Why not use this Ring? Long has my father, the Steward of Gondor, kept the forces of Mordor at Bay. By the blood of our people are your lands kept safe! Give Gondor the weapon of the enemy. Let us use it against him!” Boromir sees The Ring as a useful weapon but he fails to understand the true power of it. He doesn’t want it for himself so his desire to use it isn’t necessarily about power. He hopes that by having The Ring it will help lead his people to victory over the forces of Mordor. When he is presented with an opportunity to take The Ring from Frodo at Amon Hen, that is when it is realized that his vision has now become a personal one. Boromir quickly apologizes for his moment of weakness by confessing his wrongdoing to Aragorn right before his death. He dies a hero defending the hobbits. His desire for power ends up being his weakness which leads him to his

He makes the decision to step forward and be the one to take The Ring to Mt. Doom and ultimately destroy it. I believe Frodo decides to take this voyage because of the temptation that is presented to him by The Ring. This demonstrates the power that The Ring has. Hobbits are humble, ordinary beings that do not care to have power or wish to do great deeds so one would think The Ring is unable to corrupt them. That was the case with Frodo until he actually put on The Ring even after being told not to do so by Gandalf. Whenever he put it on The Ring had a chance to corrupt Frodo. If there was an evil source present, The Ring worked harder to corrupt him. For example, while on Weathertop, the Witch-King was a representation of evil. The Ring used his presence of evil to convince Frodo to put it on. The Ring slowly corrupted Frodo every time he used it and it slowly ate away at him. The power of The Ring also grew stronger as they got closer to Mordor and whenever Frodo put it on. Frodo surrenders to the power of The Ring at Mt. Doom and decides not the destroy it and claiming it his property. At this point Frodo is either corrupted by The Ring or there is enough evil present to assist it in conquering his mind, that evil presence being Mordor. The Ring in the end gets destroyed not by the strength of the human race but only because of a little bit of luck and a struggle between Frodo and Gollum that ended with Gollum falling into the fires of Mt. Doom