Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000)

Re:Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000) by larrydag on Thursday March 07, 2013 @02:02PM (#5339442)

I would also like to postulate the element of surprise. Sauron would never expect a weak, feeble creature like a Hobbit to be an adversary. But mostly I agree with your points.

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Re:Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000) by rijoja on Thursday March 07, 2013 @03:32PM (#5340008)

Didn't Sauron know that the ring bearer was a hobbit?

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Re:Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000) by talmand on Thursday March 07, 2013 @04:22PM (#5340360)

Yes he did. Gollum told him so. That's how Sauron knew to look for the Ring in the Shire. After the Shire, almost all of Sauron's forces knew to look for Hobbits and to take them alive for questioning.

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Re:Could the eagles have flown Frodo into Mordor? (2000) by saraid216 on Thursday March 07, 2013 @06:47PM (#5341182)

Yup. But Sauron did not expect a hobbit to be an adversary. That's a salient difference, in the context of Tolkien works.

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