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Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
It is the film's creed in a single sentence: the fate of Middle-earth rests on the smallest folk, a hobbit with no armour and no magic. Galadriel says it just after the film's quietest temptation scene, and it lands as comfort to a frightened Frodo and as the thesis of the whole saga. Fans quote it for any small person facing a huge task.
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In context
Spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingShow the scene
In Peter Jackson's The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), the Fellowship has reached Lothlorien after losing Gandalf in Moria. At the Mirror of Galadriel, Frodo offers her the Ring, and she briefly imagines herself as a terrible Queen before passing the test and accepting that she will diminish and go into the West. Frodo, shaken, says he cannot do this alone. Galadriel reminds him that to bear a Ring of Power is to be alone, then ends the scene with this line. The film cuts next to Saruman breeding his Uruk-hai at Isengard. The line was also used as one of the film's taglines.
Sources (2)
- Wikiquote: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (film)Galadriel and Frodo exchange; Taglines sectionReference checked
- Wikipedia: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the RingPlot and Cast sectionsReference checked
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