
Only if Sauron's power were diminished by the destruction of the Ring into which he had let so much of it flow, could his works, including Were made with the power of the Ring, and while it remained, they would endure. Even although the Dark Tower was broken after the Last Alliance, its foundations were not removed for they Sauron's realm was based upon his evil power, and whilst that power remained in its fullness, his realm would survive. "If he recovers it, then he will command them all again, wherever they be, even the Three, and all that has been wrought with them will be laid bare, and he will be stronger than ever." The purpose for that was so that he could rule the other rings of power. Into the Ring Sauron let pass a great part of his own former power. The words that were inscribed upon it,Īlthough written in Elvish script but the language was that of Mordor. It was forged in darkness, and not even under a clear sky. There is no redeeming feature in the way in which the Ring was made. It was conceived secretly, made secretly in an evil placeĪnd created for an evil purpose by an evil creator. The One Ring was forged in Sammath Naur in Orodruin, the Cracks of Doom in Sauron's fastness of Mordor. Finally, I shall offer some conclusions on the Ring.

I shall then deal with the way in which the Ring affects some of the main characters in The Lord of the Rings and then pass to the destruction of the Ring and the question of whether this was an inevitability or mere chance. Following upon that I shall consider the issue of the Ring and Temptation, which is a dominant theme

Of Tolkien's "two worlds" upon which I have touched already, and how the Ring is a bridge between those worlds. I shall discuss the way in which the Ring works and its effect upon mortal users. In this section of the essay I shall examine the Nature of the Ring in terms of an evil object and as a symbol.
