Randalin skrev:
Frågar är om det går att hitta ett gemensamt ord för att "fördärva Frodo" och att "förstöra ringen". Du föreslår "bryta ner ditt förstånd". Jag tror inte att Tolkien menade det riktigt så. Gandalf menar (enligt mig) att Frodo skulle knäckas som person, om han tog ringen med våld från Frodo. Det skulle vara "förödande" för Frodo och hans personlighet.
Men ditt senaste förslag "skada" kanske trots allt går att använda även på Frodo.
Om man fått sitt förstånd knäckt har man inte mycket kvar av sin personlighet som jag ser det.
"Break your mind" torde vara synonymt med "bryta ned ditt psyke", "bryta ned din integritet". Utan integritet har man ingen personlighet kvar, inga personliga ambitioner. Om man jämför med Denethor:
Citera:
In the case of Denethor, the Steward was strengthened, even against Sauron himself, by the fact the
Stones were far more amenable to legitimate users: most of all to true "Heirs of Elendil" (as Aragorn), but
also to one with inherited authority(as Denethor), as compared to Saruman, or Sauron. It may noted that the
effects were different. Saruman fell under the domination of Sauron and desired his victory, or no longer
opposed it. Denethor remained steadfast in his rejection Sauron, but was made to believe that his victory was
inevitable, and so fell into despair. The reasons for this difference were doubt that in the first place Denethor
was a man of great strength of will, and maintained the integrity of his personality until the final blow of the
(apparently) mortal wound of his only surviving son........His trust was not entirely unjustified. Sauron failed to dominate
him and could only influence him by deceits.
UT- The Palantiri