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Boromirs undergång var stolthet. Han var stolt över kraften både i sig själv och i Gondor, och ringen spelade på det som resulterade i att Boromir försökte ta det med våld för att han trodde att han visste bäst.
Som Boromir själv säger om Minas Tiriths stolthet:
True-hearted Men, they
will not be corrupted. We of Minas Tirith have been staunch through
long years of trial. We do not desire the power of wizard-lords, only
strength to defend ourselves, strength in a just cause.
Och om sig själv:
...why not
Boromir? The Ring would give me power of Command. How I would drive
the hosts of Mordor, and all men would flock to my banner!'
Boromir
strode up and down, speaking ever more loudly: Almost he seemed to
have forgotten Frodo, while his talk dwelt on walls and weapons, and
the mustering of men; and he drew plans for great alliances and
glorious victories to be; and he cast down Mordor, and became himself
a mighty king, benevolent and wise. Suddenly he stopped and waved his
arms.
Dessa känslor spelades upp av Rings korrumperande inflytande, eftersom Boromir kände att han och Minas Tirith kunde använda ringen bäst. Gandalf, Elrond och Galadriel visar sig vara väldigt kloka i jämförelse för att de också visste vad som skulle kunna uppnås med Ringen, men faller inte i sina charmar.
Tolkien såg definitivt stolthet som ett korrumperande inflytande, som det ses i hans bokstäver om Numenorfallet och Saurons korruption:
But after the rebellion of the Númenóreans, the Kings of Men, who
dwelt in a land most westerly of all mortal lands, and eventually in
the height of their pride attempted to occupy Eressëa and Valinor by
force, Númenor was destroyed
... och ...
In my story Sauron represents as near an approach to the wholly evil
will as is possible. He had gone the way of all tyrants: beginning
well, at least on the level that while desiring to order all things
according to his own wisdom he still at first considered the
(economic) well-being of other inhabitants of the Earth. But he went
further than human tyrants in pride and the lust for domination
Som ett resultat valde han att göra Boromir en objektsymbol av Ringets inverkan och dess kraft.