Tolkien uses the Ring to illuminate the moral choices made by each character.
The Wizard Saruman turns to evil and is wholly corrupted, lured by pride and power, but never gets the Ring. Some other characters are of an earlier time, and are unaffected by the Ring the giant spider Shelob is unquestionably evil but uninterested in the Ring. Sauron was already corrupted when he chose to put much of his power into the Ring to gain further control of Middle-earth. The corrupting effect of power in the book is not limited to the Ring. Scholars such as Tom Shippey consider the theme to be modern, since in earlier times, power was considered to reveal character, not to alter it, recalling the English politician Lord Acton's 1887 statement that "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely". The corrupting power of the Ring has been compared to the Ring of Gyges in Plato's Republic, which gave the power of invisibility and so tempted its owner, but there is no evidence that Tolkien modelled The Lord of the Rings on that story. The theme of addiction to power in The Lord of the Rings is central, as the Ring, made by the Dark Lord Sauron to enable him to take over the whole of Middle-earth, progressively corrupts the mind of its owner to use the Ring for evil. Why pour so many resources into developing a game about Gollum - of all characters - when you could do so much with the rest of the Fellowship? Yes, the idea of delving deep into Sauron’s domain and controlling Smeagol is intriguing enough - at least on the surface - but the industry has yet to fully grasp the potential of Tolkien’s expansive mythology.Ring and power in J.
Indeed, we recently broke down a few of the most memorable ones, and the very thought gave us the itch to revisit some of those titles. Middle-earth is in no shortage of amazing interactive games. The Lord of the Rings is exactly one such franchise, and after the disastrous launch of Daedalic’s Gollum game - which not only nosedived critically and financially but also took the studio down with it - Middle-earth enthusiasts are once again pondering if the rolling hills of the Riddermark, the tangled forests of Fangorn, or even the civilized pastures of Gondor would make for another awesome video game experience. There are few things gamers appreciate more than an adaptation that brings some of their favorite fictional worlds to life.
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