559), as well as listening to Bilbo's adventurous stories as a boy, Sam is instilled with a greater sense of loyalty towards the Baggins family, with affection at its core. He calls Frodo 'Mr. Frodo' not merely for the sake of class distinction, but out of pure respect.
Sam is Frodo's gardener; even though gardeners (and cooks) were probably held in high esteem in the hobbit society, that still makes Frodo Sam's employer. Frodo is from the famous Brandybuck family, so he has a bit of hobbit nobility in him. Sam is twelve years younger than Frodo.
It was always Sam's intention to name one of his children after his best friend, Frodo Baggins. Though his first child was a girl, he named the second one Frodo. Frodo became the head of Gardner Family and inherited Bag End.
Critics such as Partridge, Esther Saxey and Marion Zimmer Bradley have stated that the relationship of Frodo and Sam is friendly and intimate, but not necessarily homosexual.
I tried to save the Shire, and it has been saved, but not for me. It must often be so, Sam, when things are in danger: someone has to give them up, lose them, so that others may keep them.” Frodo speaks these words in his final farewell to Sam in Book VI, Chapter 9 —the final chapter of The Lord of the Rings.
Since Sam was a ring bearer for a brief time, he was granted passage into the Undying Lands, and he crossed over to once again reunite with Frodo. Nothing is known about Samwise's fate, or what the Undying Lands are even like, but it still feels like an appropriate end for the character.
They kiss at least four times; another time, it's specified that they don't kiss, which has interesting implications. And when they return to the Shire, Sam moves into Bag End with Frodo — no longer a servant, but an equal and a constant companion.
He loved him and cared about him as he would for himself, or even more. So Frodo represented Sam's other self. And on the other hand, Sam functioned as Frodo's mirror, because knowing him so well, he was able to precisely guess his mind.
On Kindness, Loyalty, and Quiet Valor: What We Can Learn from Samwise Gamgee, the True Hero of The Lord of the Rings. There's no shortage of heroes in the cast of Tolkien's masterwork; here's why one simple gardener stands well above the rest.
As for Sam, his resistance likely has to do with his innate goodness and loyalty. His love for Frodo helped him to overcome the pull of the Ring and his inner pureness was never fully pierced by the Ring.
After Aragorn's death, Legolas made a ship in Ithilien and left Middle-earth to go over the sea. His strong friendship with Gimli prompted Legolas to invite him to accompany him to the Undying Lands; making him the first and only Dwarf to do so. He was never seen again in Middle-earth.
Frodo is the person who carries the Ring because of reasons which, ultimately, make him a completely ordinary person. Frodo's Hobbit nature allows him to be more incorruptible, discreet and all but invisible to Sauron.
As "punishment" for eavesdropping on Gandalf's conversation with Frodo regarding the dangers of the One Ring while trimming the grass of Bag End, Gandalf chose Sam to be Frodo's companion on his journey to Rivendell.
Frodo left, accepted the gift to go to the undying lands because it gave him some hope of healing. The blessed realm was a place where after a time Frodo could be healed of the torture left in his mind and body after the ring.
Legolas does not marry or have any children, based on the appendix of The Lord of the Rings. Regardless of who his mother was, Legolas is the last of his line. When he sails into the West at the beginning of the Fourth Age, he leaves no family members behind.
According to the Unfinished Tales, when asked years later why he thought Bilbo never married, Gandalf's wise reply was that 'He wanted to remain unattached for some reason deep down which he could not understand himself - or would not acknowledge for it alarmed him.
Pippin married Diamond of Long Cleeve, and they eventually had a son whom they named Faramir I (and he in turn ended up marrying Goldilocks, one of Sam's daughters). Merry married Estella Bolger, and they also had a son, though his name was never recorded anywhere.
Who did Sam eventually marry in Lord of the Rings?
Sam married Rosie Cotton and moved into Bag End with Frodo. The next year they had a daughter, Elanor, the first of their thirteen children. Frodo told Sam he and Bilbo would leave Middle-earth, along with Gandalf and most of the remaining High Elves, for the Undying Lands.
After staying in the Shire for a while, Frodo Baggins leaves on an Elven ship alongside Gandalf and Bilbo and sets off for the Undying Lands - also known as Valinor — a realm outside Middle-earth. While Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings doesn't provide much elaboration, Frodo left Middle-earth as a matter of survival.
By all accounts, Bilbo and Frodo seemed like eligible bachelors before leaving on their respective journeys. Upon returning, Bilbo had riches and practically became legend across the Shire and Frodo was looked at as a hero.
However, he does not possess the ability to live forever, and he cannot choose to be mortal or immortal like Arwen, the half-Elf he loves and eventually claims as his wife. Because Aragorn is mortal and Arwen chose to remain in Gondor and become mortal, their son, Eldarion, is mortal as well, despite his Elven lineage.
Fourth Age. In the year 121 of the Fourth Age, after Aragorn's death, Arwen died of a broken heart at Cerin Amroth in Lórien, and was buried there one year after the death of Aragorn, to whom she had been wedded for 122 years.
Arguably, Frodo would never have made it to the fires if Sam didn't muster the strength to physically get him there. Later, when Gollum knowingly led Frodo through Shelob's lair, Sam saved Frodo's life.
