Frodo's Journey along the Revised Pyramid
The exposition begins when Frodo is introduced as an innocent hobbit who seeks adventure. The audience is also introduced to the ring and the evil that comes with it. He later accepts the mission to take the ring to Mt. Doom at Rivendell. At this point, the major characters emerge who will carry on the journey with Frodo: Legolas, Aragon, Boromir, Gimli. Together with not only Frodo, but also Gandalf, Sam, Merry, and Pippin, characters introduced earlier, they set out on their adventure.
The rising action is the constant battle between the fellowship and the evil creatures (e.g. Orcs) who try to kill them. As this goes on, Frodo begins to realize that this journey puts his friends's lives in danger. He then decides to continue the journey alone, even though Sam ends up following him anyway. Their adventure together is filled with countless near-death experiences. As they continue to travel through the mountains, Frodo begins to regret his decision of taking on this mission. He asks Sam time and time again, if they could go back to their hometown, the Shire. He is weak, vulnerable, and starving, and all he wants to do is go home. That moment of wanting to go home and the regret that Frodo has for going on this journey is him going through peripeteia, also known as the reversal.
The climax arrives in the third film when Sam, Gollum (their guide), and Frodo are in the heart of Mt. Doom. The trilogy was built up for this sole moment: whether Frodo will destroy the ring or not. Even at Mount Doom, at the verge of accomplishing something of which many had laid down their lives, Frodo still wants to go home. He did not want to destroy the ring as he had promised, but instead, he wanted to keep it with him forever. It is not until Gollum bites off Frodo's finger that bore the ring that the ring is left to the destruction of the lava.
The falling action takes place once Sam and Frodo leave Mt. Doom. The hobbits go back to the Shire: Sam marries his first love and Frodo writes a book about his journey. However, Frodo soon realizes that he can never attain the peace he had before his journey embarked. This realization that Frodo is no longer the innocent hobbit he once was, is his anagnorisis. He knows now that he has been corrupted and emotionally scarred from his journey. It by undergoing anagnorisis that Frodo decides to leave the Shire.
The moment of last suspense comes at the closing scene of the movie. Frodo boards the last boat that leaves Middle Earth, but this time, he is not coming back. Sam, Merry, and Pippin all watch as the boat drifts towards the setting sun and at that moment, all is calm. It is in this scene that the audience finds closure as the journey of the ring and the ring bearer has come to an end.
The rising action is the constant battle between the fellowship and the evil creatures (e.g. Orcs) who try to kill them. As this goes on, Frodo begins to realize that this journey puts his friends's lives in danger. He then decides to continue the journey alone, even though Sam ends up following him anyway. Their adventure together is filled with countless near-death experiences. As they continue to travel through the mountains, Frodo begins to regret his decision of taking on this mission. He asks Sam time and time again, if they could go back to their hometown, the Shire. He is weak, vulnerable, and starving, and all he wants to do is go home. That moment of wanting to go home and the regret that Frodo has for going on this journey is him going through peripeteia, also known as the reversal.
The climax arrives in the third film when Sam, Gollum (their guide), and Frodo are in the heart of Mt. Doom. The trilogy was built up for this sole moment: whether Frodo will destroy the ring or not. Even at Mount Doom, at the verge of accomplishing something of which many had laid down their lives, Frodo still wants to go home. He did not want to destroy the ring as he had promised, but instead, he wanted to keep it with him forever. It is not until Gollum bites off Frodo's finger that bore the ring that the ring is left to the destruction of the lava.
The falling action takes place once Sam and Frodo leave Mt. Doom. The hobbits go back to the Shire: Sam marries his first love and Frodo writes a book about his journey. However, Frodo soon realizes that he can never attain the peace he had before his journey embarked. This realization that Frodo is no longer the innocent hobbit he once was, is his anagnorisis. He knows now that he has been corrupted and emotionally scarred from his journey. It by undergoing anagnorisis that Frodo decides to leave the Shire.
The moment of last suspense comes at the closing scene of the movie. Frodo boards the last boat that leaves Middle Earth, but this time, he is not coming back. Sam, Merry, and Pippin all watch as the boat drifts towards the setting sun and at that moment, all is calm. It is in this scene that the audience finds closure as the journey of the ring and the ring bearer has come to an end.