Why did Bilbo not kill Gollum?

Why did Bilbo not kill Gollum?

Bilbo didn’t kill Gollum just because he wanted to know the way to get out from the mountain. If he killed Gollum, there would be no one left underground, so he won’t be able to get out from the mountain. Although he had risk to play riddles because he may be eaten, but he mustn’t kill Gollum if he want to get out.

Why don’t they kill Gollum?

Because there was something about Gollum which he could not quite comprehend, some hidden kind of strength which troubled him. The only way to break him would be to kill him, and yet he did not dare do it.

Why can only hobbits carry the ring?

The pull of the ring is not too great on the hobbits because it senses nothing remarkable or exceptional in them. The ring has a will of its own and will work itself towards evil anytime that it can. It takes a strong and stubborn mind to resist it. We see Boromir give in to the will of the ring and he’s only near it.

What if Bilbo killed Gollum?

If Bilbo killed Gollum just after he took the Ring, he’d probably be lost in the mountains; he followed Gollum out through a twisty-turny path. If Gandalf has doubts about hobbits’ ability to resist the Ring, he might not trust Frodo to carry it.

What if Bilbo never found the ring?

Bilbo didn’t stumble upon it, the ring wanted to be found. Had he not found it there the ring probably would’ve been lost on one of the few trips Gollum took outside at night. Yep, Gandalf tells Frodo how the ring itself wanted to leave Gollum since he hardly ever left his place under the mountain.

How does Bilbo trick Gollum?

In the process Bilbo slips through a narrow chasm in which he loses his buttons on his coat. He then fall over and the ring falls onto his finger, making him invisible. Gollum heads for the exit and Bilbo follows. Bilbo then contemplates killing Gollum, but decides not to and leaps over Gollum and escapes.

Why does Bilbo not tell Gandalf about the Ring?

Although he did revise The Hobbit to reflect that Ring was the not just a useful magic invisibility ring, he couldn’t make wholesale changes to the story in terms of Gandalf confiscating the Ring because, first it would have resulted in Bilbo almost certainly leaving the group one way or another and hence derailed the …

Did Gandalf know it was the One Ring?

Gandalf certainly did not realise that Bilbo’s ring was the One Ring at the end of The Hobbit, or indeed by the start of The Lord of the Rings. The realisation came upon him slowly, and he only fully worked it out years after the start of The Lord of the Rings. “How long have you known all this?” asked Frodo again.

How does Gimli die?

According to the Redbook of Westmarch, he set sail with Legolas after Aragorn’s death out of a desire to see Galadriel again, and that this strange request may have been granted. Gimli, being a dwarf, would have died a natural death eventually just as Bilbo, Frodo, and Sam would have (according to Tolkien).

Is Frodo dead?

They are both clearly alive! Frodo and Bilbo sail with the elves and Sam returns home. While it is not explicitly stated that they stay alive, we do not see them die; we see them literally sail away.

Does Aragorn have Elvish blood?

Aragorn, descendant of Elros, is fully human, and his elven blood just gives him a certain allure. Additional exception is given to Arwen later on. Since her father chose to be Elf, she is fully Elf, but was granted to follow Aragorn (not clear how).

Is Legolas half elf?

Character. Although he lived among them, Legolas was not fully of the Silvan Elves. As a son of the Elven-king Thranduil, who had originally come from Doriath, Legolas was at least half Sindarin Elf; his mother’s identity is completely unknown.