Beyond the Brandywine

Episode 11 - The Many Faces of Gollum (Part 2)

36 min · 17 de mar de 2026
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Hosts Angela and Kelsey continue their dive into Gollum’s journey — from his simpler Hobbit-era appearance in The Hobbit to the darker, rewritten Gollum of The Lord of the Rings — using Tolkien’s revisions and letters to trace the character’s evolution. They examine key scenes (the Forbidden Pool, the sleeping moment on the stairs of Cirith Ungol, and Mount Doom), ask whether Smeagol could have been redeemed, and consider how the Ring, Frodo, and Sam shaped Gollum’s tragic, morally ambiguous role in the story.

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