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Old 06-12-2009, 12:55 PM   #86
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Originally Posted by pdurrant View Post
And reading further, I find I had misremembered something. Gandalf does not say at the Council of Elrond that the ring would corrupt anyone who held it, only that anyone who tried to wield it would become corrupted by its power. "The very desire of it corrupts the heart".

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I think that's the point about Sam - he doesn't desire it. And let's not forget that ultimately the Ring corrupts even Frodo. Does that, perhaps, tell us that Sam is a "better" person than Frodo?
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