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What is the Eye of Sauron in ‘The Lord of the Rings’? Did it really exist?
One of the most important figures in the Peter Jackson adaptation of ‘The Lord of the Rings’ was able to take other forms. So what is it really?
The second season of ‘The Rings of Power’, the ‘Lord of the Rings’ series on Amazon Prime Video, is fast approaching. It is one of the most beloved franchises that exists and both the books by Tolkien, creator of the universe, and the films by Peter Jackson have millions of fans around the world. As is usual on the eve of this type of premiere, fans gather and discuss their doubts and theories, such as the identity of one of the main villains: Sauron.
In ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’, Sauron is defeated by Isildur, who uses his sword to cut off his fingers, thereby snatching the One Ring from the evil creature. It is the introductory sequence of the first of Peter Jackson’s three films, in which Sauron, once stripped of his physical form or body, takes the form of a huge eye located above Barad-dûr, the dark tower located in Mordor, near Mount Doom.
Does the eye of Sauron exist?
The answer is yes, but because of the movies. The reason is very simple, and it is that the books do not describe his physical form, nor do they mention a red eye located on a tower to refer to him. What is mentioned in the books, or at least suggested, is that at some point Sauron achieved a new physical form., since the creature Gollum explains that he had seen him and that he had a black hand...
The only thing that is cited in the books about an eye does not refer to it having such a shape or having been incarnated in such an ethereal figure, but rather as a way of expressing that Sauron can see everything. Taking these details into account, it is evident that Peter Jackson decided to materialize that way of speaking and take advantage of that eye - probably as a metaphorical concept - to go beyond creating Sauron’s eye, the one that causes nightmares for everyone since Mordor.
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