Frodo already knew that Gollum was Smeagol because Gandalf told him earlier in the Fellowship of the Ring. When Gollum hears his old name, he realizes who he really is and that his master Frodo is the one who takes care of him now and no longer needs "Gollum".
No. Smeagol was one of the "River Folk." They are similar to hobbits, but not quite the same.
His name was Gollum and he was a Hobbit that was corrupted by the magic of the ring that he carried for the extended period of time before it fell to the hands of Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring.
He leads frodo an Sam towards mordor and slowly turns frodo against Sam. Then when he falls off a cliff after a fight with frodo, we don't see his for a while until Sam and frodo are climbing up the slopes of mount doom. He then attacks them and tries to take the ring. Eventually Sam and frodo escape and are standing on the edge of the lava about to drop the ring into the volcano when gollum hits Sam on the head with a rock and then bites frodos finger off and claims the ring for himsefl, jumping around with joy. THEN frodo attacks gollum an they fight for a bit before they both fall off the edge. Frodo manages to hold onto the rock but gollum, who is holding the ring, falls into the lava and dies.
frodo bagins the hobbit FAMILY FEUD: frodo gandalf gollum legolas aragorn sam gimli
The ring has a consciousness of its own. The ring knew that Frodo was going to take it to be destroyed, whereas the one ring abandoned Gollum as it knew that Gollum would never return it to Sauron. The ring used Bilbo as a carrier or a vector.
No. Smeagol was one of the "River Folk." They are similar to hobbits, but not quite the same.
Smeagol is nicer. In the movies Gollum love and hates the ring and shows the hate between us if there was no God to save us. On the other hand Smeagol tries to honor and serve his master frodo and tries to fight of Gollum even though they are the same person. Gollum and Smeagul show the fights we have with ourselves on good and evil or right and wrong.
Gollum simply isn't trustworthy. Faramir realized the importance of destroying the Ring, especially for the safety of his beloved people. He naturally distrusted anything that might stand in the way of Frodo's quest. He did not know Gollum's history, so did not have pity on him as Frodo did. He undoubtedly saw him as a sneaky, greedy thief- which he was, of course. Unlike Faramir, I have pity on Gollum/Smeagol and consider him my 3rd favorite character. :)
Gollum takes the Ring from Frodo by biting off the finger bearing the Ring.
Gandalf told Frodo about Gollum's history while they were at Bag End then later in the story Frodo told Gollum his true name.
His name was and is still Smeagol, but even he forgot it. It was only because Frodo calling him by it that he remembered. His nickname so to speak is Gollum due to the sound he makes in his throat.
His name was Gollum and he was a Hobbit that was corrupted by the magic of the ring that he carried for the extended period of time before it fell to the hands of Frodo and the Fellowship of the Ring.
Gollum and Smaug are introduced in The Hobbit; Frodo is introduced in The Lord of the Rings.
This question could have several answers. Sauron, Nazgul (aka ring-wraiths), Isildur, Deagol, Smeagol (aka Gollum), Bilbo, Frodo, Boromir, etc. Though it is not really the ring they love is it?
(Note: Déagol was not Sméagol's brother but his friend (although considering the size of the settlement they were certainly related n some way).) Jealousy and greed. It was Smeagol's birthday, and when Déagol found the Ring of Power in the mud, Smeagol wanted it as a "birthday present". When Deagol kept the Ring instead, Smeagol murdered Déagol to get the ring. There is an ongoing subtext in the Lord of the Ring that the Ring of Power has a "mind of its own", and was striving to return to Sauron. Seen in this light, it may be that the Ring CAUSED Smeagol to murder Deagol, because Smeagol would be a "more suitable" ring-bearer for Sauron's aims.
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Frodo realized how the Ring of Sauron was destroying him and his nature with less than a year of serious exposure and could empathize with a creature like Gollum who was once a Hobbit but had 500 years over which the Ring of Sauron destroyed him. Frodo's understanding of Gollum's pain derived from the Ring of Sauron is what leads to this pity.