Commentators have written that he combines courage, selflessness, and fidelity, and that as a good character, he seems unexciting but grows through his quest, an unheroic person who reaches heroic stature.
On his return to the Shire, he is unable to settle back into ordinary life two years after the Ring's destruction, he is allowed to take ship to the earthly paradise of Valinor.įrodo's name comes from the Old English name Fróda, meaning 'wise by experience'.
He changes, too, growing in understanding and compassion, and avoiding violence. He is mentioned in Tolkien's posthumously published works, The Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales.įrodo is repeatedly wounded during the quest, and becomes increasingly burdened by the Ring as it nears Mordor. Frodo is a hobbit of the Shire who inherits the One Ring from his cousin Bilbo Baggins and undertakes the quest to destroy it in the fires of Mount Doom in Mordor.
Tolkien's writings, and one of the protagonists in The Lord of the Rings. For other uses, see Frodo (disambiguation).įrodo Baggins is a fictional character in J.