Osgiliath: "They're Here"

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They've come."  I've never been able to quite put a label on what Frodo's face and voice do here; I just know it chills me through. Possibly the final moments he's able to communicate anything as Frodo?  Or is the Ring already in charge, announcing "Their" arrival?  Does part of the strangeness of the tone of voice come from it being a bit of both?</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08d1e530.jpg" border=0 width="798" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>One of the few times Frolijah gets good use out of that asymmetrically curled lip: </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08e1f550.jpg" border=0 width="799" height="341" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="08f20530.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0901f500.jpg" border=0 width="799" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09120540.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="340" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09220500.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="336" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09a20520.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09920510.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="337" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Even though this doesn't seem to be a completely dead hobbit picture, it is reminiscent of the shot during the Nazgul flyover in the Dead Marshes, which is... a dead hobbit picture, that is. </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09320530.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Frodo as a zombie--the Ring in control, taking him out to meet the Nazgul.  At this point, we don't </B><I><B>see </B></I><B>any interior struggle going on, but that doesn't mean it's absent.  We're not given any sign of Frodo's emotion, but neither do we see the </B><I><B>Ring's</B></I><B> emotion, as we do later. </B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09420530.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09520540.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="340" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="09620520.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="338" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0971e530.jpg" border=0 width="798" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Right through the midst of the battle without taking any notice of it...</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0981f530.jpg" border=0 width="799" height="339" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B> </B><A HREF="#osgiliath_theyrehere_top" TITLE="Osgiliath: Theyre Here"><U><B><IMG SRC="0377d3c0.jpg" border=0 width="125" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></U></A><B>  </B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>