Hi redhat -
I haven't listened to this yet, bcus I am at work, but in the last 2 years, being a big Ring fan myself, since childhood, and with 2 boys who love the movies, I also have seen the analogy of the Ring as the Affair, and Gollum as the person having the affair, and what he becomes is what temptation does to a person. For me, the Ring represents Temptation - temptation to possess for yourself something that you have no moral right to own. Giving in to that temptation destroys you, and even drives some people to murder. I don't say that lightly - we have 2 cases on trial here in the UK right now - in one, the BH stabbed his WW (she survived - he is a policeman). In the other, the BW walked into the beauty salon which the OW ran, and shot and killed her with a sawed-off shotgun, then sat down next to the body and TXT her WH to tell him she had done it. In both cases, the couples had been close friends. All the couples had children.
An affair has the malignant power to destroy the WS and everything he ever valued in life. Like the Ring, it holds out the promise of a rich and fulfilling life - everything you always wanted. But it destroys you in the end. I wish someone who writes publically about marriage and affairs would use this analogy to highlight the effects of affairs - it might get a lot of publicity, which would be enormously valuable - there is so much in our society which romanticizes affairs.
Thanks for bringing this up.
LIR
