Boromir son of Denethor
Boromir is a powerful warrior, and leader from Minas Tirith in Gondor. He believes that the Ring should be used against
Sauron rather than destroyed, and this belief plagues him
throughout the journey until his death at the hands of Saruman's Uruk-hai. Boromir is not an especially deep character- Tolkien seems unwilling to
invest too much of his writing into a charcter with such a tragic flaw, one that spells his
doom, but he does have one noble driving purpose- the protection of the people of Gondor.
It is through this conviction and eventual downfall despite that that Tolkien shows an
aspect of the moral code he is designing in the story, that the
motives behind an action do not make an action correct. Boromir realizes this after
attempting to take the Ring from Frodo.
Despite this failing, Boromir also serves to show the possibility of redemption. Despite
falling under the sway of the Ring, he fights valorously to save the other Hobbits, and Aragorn declares that he has
died with his honor restored.
