July 12, 2002

Re: Ring Invisibility
Danny

In the movie, Frodo wasn't wearing the Ring when he got in the boat and then grabbed Sam so the question wouldn't apply then. As far as the book is concerned, it is entirely up to us to imagine wether or not that happened, because Tolkien said absolutely nothing about it. It would have made for an awkward bit of prose no doubt if it said something like, "And sam was suddenly invisible and for that moment in the wraith world." 8).

As far as the invisibilty, I don't have exact pages, but I beleive it was said in the Hobbit that the wearer's shadow is not invisible but very hard to see except at high noon. I think that the glow of sting is like the shadow, but perhaps more visible because of its magical nature.