After Gollum is captured by Frodo and Sam and promises to help them it is implied that the power of the ring forces him to keep at least to the letter of his promise against his own inclination to take the Ring for himself. It is based on, but not identical to, various references in the books. For the films his dialogue with himself are a convenient and visual way to get across what is revealed in a fairly subtle way over several chapters of book. It is essentially a visual way of representing Gollum's internal conflict. Mirroring Gollum's love and hatred for the Ring and for himself. Not having anyone else to speak to") and had a love/hate relationship, Often quarreled when he talked to himself (as Tolkien put it, "through The good personality "Slinker" (for his fawning, eager-to-pleaseĭemeanor), and the bad personality "Stinker". Gollum, his "bad" personality, was a slave to the Ring and would killĪnyone who tried to take it. Still vaguely remembered things like friendship and love, while Of dissociative identity disorder: Sméagol, his "good" personality, Smeagol was originally a Stoor, a type of hobbit, until he became bearer of the One Ring after murdering his cousin and stealing it from him after he (the cousin, Deagol) found it while they were both fishing in the Gladden Fields on Smeagols birthday.Īfter Smeagol took possession, it continued to corrupt his body and mind, forcing him to retreat below the Misty Mountains where he continued to live in the dark for a further (and unnatural) 400 years.ĭuring his centuries under the Ring's influence, he developed a sort He has a split personality, created after he had been under the influence of 'The One Ring'.
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