I happened upon a website where a group of med students (presumably psychiatry) take on the task of diagnosing Gollum - the following case study is conducted as a clinical assessment and is quite amusing and at the same time quite telling.
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Sméagol (Gollum) is a single, 587 year old, hobbit-like male of no fixed abode. He has presented with antisocial behaviour, increasing aggression, and preoccupation with the “one ring.”
Sméagol comes from a wealthy and influential family, his grandmother being a wise woman in the river folk community. Nothing is known about Sméagol’s birth or schooling. He was spiteful to others and had only one friend, Deagol, whom he later murdered after stealing the ring from him. For Sméagol this was an important life event; the ring enabled him to disappear and listen secretly to conversations.
Here is the full text don’t forget to check out the comments at the end of the page.
This is great for Tolkien fans and voracious bibliovores to boot.
Waverly
November 28, 2007, 9:42pm
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I happened upon a website where a group of med students (presumably psychiatry) take on the task of diagnosing Gollum - the following case study is conducted as a clinical assessment and is quite amusing and at the same time quite telling.
Snippet -
Here is the full text don’t forget to check out the comments at the end of the page.
This is great for Tolkien fans and voracious bibliovores to boot.
I would have said acute schizophrenia paranoia blues . I’ve got, you got it. We can’t loose.
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