The final climax of The Return of the King is meant to be Frodo tossing the Ring into the fires of Mount Doom, but instead, the Ring finally imposes its influence on Frodo to protect itself, and he puts on the Ring. When it finally comes down to the final leg of Frodo's journey, or his "resurrection" as Cambell puts it, Frodo fails. The Ring fails in influencing Frodo to reject the protection of his friend, so the only means it has left is to continue to exhaust him and hopefully expose him to Sauron.
Frodo is only able to overcome this ordeal because Sam returns for him. Without Sam to protect him, Frodo blindly follows Gollum into Shelob's lair and is nearly killed. This paranoia nearly results in Frodo's downfall.
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