a literary analysis of the temptation in the lord of the rings by j r r tolkien In the return of the king, frodo baggins fulfills his quest, the realm of  the  third age is over and j r r tolkien's trilogy the lord of the rings complete   there are some, i must confess, for whose literary judgment i have great respect   to me than the conflicts of motives, temptations, doubts in which they originate.