He would have been righteous but self-righteous, He would have rules and ordered things for good, and for the benefit of his subjects according Tolkien was of the view that Gandalf would have been a worse Ringlord than Sauron. Rejection of the Ring in response to Elrond's comment "I will not take the Ring to wield it." But it shows that not even an angelic character is immune from the Ring's power, and he repeats his This is the only time that we see Gandalf confronted by the Ring and the only enunciation of any weakness that he might have. The wish to wield it would be too great for my strength. Do not tempt me! I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe, unused. Of the Ring to my heart is by pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good. And over me the Ring would gain a power still greater and more deadly.Do not tempt me! For I do not wish to become like the Dark Lord himself. "With that power I should have power too great and terrible. ![]() When it is offered to him by Frodo he dares not contemplate taking it. Not even Gandalf, one of the Istari, is able to avoid the temptation of the Ring. In this way it demonstrates the adaptability of evil to seek out a path to an individual by means of which it can work ![]() ![]() The Ring works in different ways, exploiting the individual hopes and fears, strengths and weaknesses of ![]() In this section I shall examine the way in which the Ring works on some of the characters in The Lord of the Rings.
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