Earlier than we clarify the bigger causes behind Gollum’s leap into Mount Doom (and the way it might connect with the brand new film) let’s go over a fast refresher of the occasions instantly surrounding Gollum’s loss of life. Towards the top of “The Fellowship of the Ring,” It is revealed that Gollum is monitoring Frodo. In “The Two Towers,” Frodo turns the tables, capturing the Slinker, taming him, and making Gollum present him the way in which to Mordor. After Gollum betrays Frodo to Shelob, he disappears. Then, on the finish of “The Return of the King,” he abruptly pops up once more, attacking Sam on the slopes of Mount Doom and biting Frodo’s finger off, Ring and all, on the Cracks of Doom.
Within the film model, Frodo fights with Gollum, inadvertently shoving him off the cliff. Within the books, Gollum journeys whereas gloating over the Ring he is recovered. He slips and tumbles to his doom. Both manner, he falls into the fiery depths under, perishing alongside along with his Treasured.