jag är inne på djosephs linje, fast jag tycker att det är oklart huruvida tom har någon egen kraft eller inte. såhär skrev jag i ett skolarbete i höstas om tom...
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And still there is one over whom the Ring has no command. Tom Bombadil can not only wear the Ring without becoming invisible, but he can also see Frodo when he puts it on. Of course, invisibility is but one of the many uses of the Ring, but even so, it shows that Bombadil in some way is different. He seems to have a power of his own that is greater than that of the Ring, not letting the Ring have any effect on him at all. Not only that; his genuine disinterest in the Ring as a tool of any kind seems to put others at ease, knowing full well that he would not try to use it against them:
‘Show me the precious Ring!’ he said suddenly in the midst of the story: and Frodo, to his own astonishment, drew out the chain from his pocket, and unfastening the Ring handed it at once to Tom… Then Tom put the Ring round the end of his little finger… There was no sign of Tom disappearing! Tom laughed again, and then he spun the Ring in the air – and it vanished with a flash. Frodo gave a cry – and Tom leaned forward and handed it back to him with a smile. (FR: 183)
Tom Bombadil is unique in this sense, and though one can almost imagine him singing his way to Mount Doom unhindered by anything, flowers springing up around his feet as he dances through Mordor, he, like the Ents, is not concerned with such things. He is the antithesis of Sauron, ever content, always singing, loving all living things. And because of this, he desires nothing, not even to destroy evil.
ett skolarbete som för den delen skulle finnas här på sidan nu... *sneglar på gustav*