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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: 125. Bilbo Trembled and Found Pity : The Hobbit #14
Description: The 2nd half of “Riddles in the Dark” is the most rewritten part of The Hobbit in the 1951 rewrite! And it’s where Bilbo takes a giant leap (so to speak) into the future of his adventure. In this episode we look at:
Why is the riddle game so sacred? Where does it come from?
What might’ve inspired Tolkien to create Gollum.
How Tolkien shows us Gollum’s 2 minds.
How Tolkien’s expert prose reveals Bilbo’s pity.
How invisible gold rings have quite the literary history.
How Peter Jackson missed an opportunity in filming Bilbo’s escape from the Mi...