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Originally Posted by alatar
Exactly my question. What happens when Smeagol wants to go north and Gollum wants to go south? Because the two function so well as both two and one, think that PJ may have presented the creature accurately in that they have one body, one goal yet two means of getting there - kill Frodo and take the Ring, or help Frodo to some misfortune and pick the ownerless Ring off of the cave floor - which would be fitting and circular, as this is how Gollum lost the Ring in the first place.
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Hey...! That does provoke some thought, doesn't it? If Smeagol conquered over Gollum, why did he continue to lead the hobbits forward, towards Shelob? He clearly meant to do Frodo good, and yet he was still ... well, it does cut immediately to the rabbit scene and from there it goes directly into Faramir, and yet the rabbit scene seems to have taken place half way through a day of journeying in the direction of Shelob. Interesting.
Thoughts?