![]() ![]() ![]() In a margin note published in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth, Tolkien wrote of Saruman: All he had to do - like Galadriel - was claim it for himself. Sam’s temptation was to become the greatest of all gardeners, healing Middle-earth and making it beautiful. That was the vision the Ring showed her, although it was surely a false promise only designed to trick Galadriel into carrying the Ring back to Sauron (or at least to reveal its location to him). And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. …In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. For example, when Frodo offered the Ring to Galadriel she said: Tolkien provided a thoughtful answer in a few brief passages, two of them in The Lord of the Rings itself. So why did he want the One Ring? What seduced Saruman to “turn to the dark side”, as Star Wars might put it? He therefore could not be tempted by it like Gandalf, Aragorn, Bombadil, Galadriel, and even Samwise Gamgee were tempted. Q: Why Did Saruman Want the One Ring for Himself?ĪNSWER: Saruman never came near the One Ring. ![]()
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