User blog comment:RHawk/Why does Frodo take credit for destroying the ring?/@comment-108.5.124.210-20130111222859

I think if the ring represents all that is evil and sin, then the ending potrays that there is no one, not even the best of us, who is without sin. That is maybe why Frodo could not unshakeably throw the ring in. Maybe it speaks of the nature of man; Golum was corrupted completely- he dies loving and protecting the ring, whereas Frodo falls but finds the strength(with Sam's help) to save himself.