At the very end of lord of the rings where does frodo sail off to? - Help.com

The afterlife.

i want to know too.

visitor4 wrote:
The afterlife.

so all those people die?

Anonymous wrote:

visitor4 wrote:
The afterlife.

so all those people die?

I don’t think any of those characters believe in death. The afterlife to them was merely a new beginning. I believe the message that Tolkien wanted to send was that the time of elves and magic has died, and it is not the time of man. If I’m not mistaken he even wrote that in his novels. All those people passed on to their next existence apart from the world of men.

Yes; it’s a symbol for death. Check out the foreshadowing dream Frodo has in book one when he’s at Tom Bombadil’s place. But literally, he’s going here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undying_…

But really, he’s passing out of life into death.

Richard Cor de Lyon wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

visitor4 wrote:
The afterlife.

so all those people die?

I don’t think any of those characters believe in death

they do believe in death i assume…according 2 the song at the end of the film:
why do u weep?!what are these tears upon ur face?!soon u will see all of ur fears will pass away,safe in my arm…U R ONLY SLEEPING….
sleep is the sign of death in literature…

Richard Cor de Lyon, I agree that the elves crossing over symbolizes the transition from a magic based world of elves and other mystical creatures to the end of magic and the dominance of men. But Frodo is (essentially) just plain dying!

HARVARDgirl!! :) wrote:

Richard Cor de Lyon wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

visitor4 wrote:
The afterlife.

so all those people die?

I don’t think any of those characters believe in death

they do believe in death i assume…according 2 the song at the end of the film:
why do u weep?!what are these tears upon ur face?!soon u will see all of ur fears will pass away,safe in my arm…U R ONLY SLEEPING….
sleep is the sign of death in literature…

Yes… but did Tolkien write that song? Of course they “believe” in death… any sane person would… but death is something very VERY different to an elf that is virtually immortal… and Gandalf who IS immortal… and the Hobbits who lived like forever!

Pretty much.

But, frodo is going to valhalla!!

Richard Cor de Lyon wrote:

HARVARDgirl!! :) wrote:

Richard Cor de Lyon wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

visitor4 wrote:
The afterlife.

so all those people die?

I don’t think any of those characters believe in death

they do believe in death i assume…according 2 the song at the end of the film:
why do u weep?!what are these tears upon ur face?!soon u will see all of ur fears will pass away,safe in my arm…U R ONLY SLEEPING….
sleep is the sign of death in literature…

Yes… but did Tolkien write that song? Of course they “believe” in death… any sane person would… but death is something very VERY different to an elf that is virtually immortal… and Gandalf who IS immortal… and the Hobbits who lived like forever!

seems correct :)

visitor4 wrote:
Richard Cor de Lyon, I agree that the elves crossing over symbolizes the transition from a magic based world of elves and other mystical creatures to the end of magic and the dominance of men. But Frodo is (essentially) just plain dying!

Yes, Frodo is dying, but I still think on a philosophical level, he believes in an afterlife… so he’s not “just” dying but rather beginning a new life with his friends the elves etc.

It would make for an interesting novel… where did that boat end up docking, and what was the world like where the elves, Gandalf and the hobbits end up. Would it be like Valhalla… Olympus?

I see I kind of felt like it was the afterlife, so does that mean gandalf goes too? basically all the people that got on the ship? It was because the ring was still doing damage to frodo psychologically

im pretty sure they went to sparta…and when they got there frodo lept off the boat and yelled to everyone: THIS IS SPARTA!