What does Gollum say about my precious?
What does Gollum say about my precious?
“Precious, precious, precious!” Gollum cried. “My Precious! O my Precious!” And with that, even as his eyes were lifted up to gloat on his prize, he stepped too far, toppled, wavered for a moment on the brink, and then with a shriek he fell. Out of the depths came his last wail precious, and he was gone.”
Why does Bilbo say my precious?
“‘It has been called that before,’ he said, ‘but not by you. ‘” “Precious”, alternatively “the Precious”, “my Precious” or “his Precious”, was a name given to the One Ring by various Ring-bearers. Its use indicated the morbid covetousness induced in holders of the Ring by the Ring itself.
How old is Gollum in The Hobbit?
589
The Lord of the Rings: Age of selected characters
| Character | Age in years |
|---|---|
| Gollum | 589 |
| Gimli | 140 |
| Bilbo | 129 |
| Denethor | 89 |
What does Gollum say to Bilbo?
Through his talk, Bilbo deduces that Gollum’s “precious” was a magic ring that made the wearer invisible, but Gollum did not think Bilbo knew what it did, and was “tricksy”, saying that he did not know the way out, but knew a way in, so he must be off to the “back door”.
What are some Gollum quotes?
My precious.
Gollum/Quotations
Why does Gollum call Smeagol precious?
Gollum refers to the ring as his precious. He calls himself precious because he talked to himself a lot in the goblin tunnels, forming two personalities, but he calls the ring his precious.
Why does Gollum call the ring my precious?
He calls it “Precious” in the book, too. And why does he call it that? Simply – the Ring had become his everything. Literally the Ring is the only thing Smeagol/ Gollum holds high, it is the only thing precious to him.
What movie did the phrase my precious come from?
The story behind the quote: This week’s quote comes from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, both the books and the movies. The Lord of the Rings is a follow up to JRR Tolkien’s book, The Hobbit. In The Lord of the Rings, Frodo Baggins finds The One Ring in the possession of his uncle, Bilbo Baggins.
Why is the Ring precious?
Isildur wrote that the Ring was a “weregild for his father” and was “precious to him”. Bilbo reacted to Gandalf’s demand that he give up the Ring using the same word (“I’ve heard that word before, but not by you”). Of course, Gollum called it that often and repeatedly.
