Riddle Scene The Hobbit. Httpbitly2hW2fGBDont miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS. Tolkien describes an alternate version of the riddle-game with Gollum that appears in Chapter Five of The Hobbit.
It is about time a serious study like this was made. What begins as an entreaty for company and entertainment evolves into a life-or-death competition. As the scene unfolds Tolkien uses layered linguistic meanings to create a rising tension between the two characters and to clue the reader into Gollums deceitful nature.
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The Riddles In The Hobbit. This chapter had been heavily edited by Tolkien to bring it closer in line with the plot of The Lord of the Rings. In the original 1937 edition of The Hobbit Gollum was genuinely willing to bet his ring on the riddle game the deal being that Bilbo would receive a present if he won. After Bilbo answers his first riddle with ease Gollum challenges the hobbit to a game.
