time speaks in her voice. Stories like these externalize and make visible the usually unseen dualities of personality. T h e r e is no better d r a m a t i z a t i o n o f a polarized inner struggle than the chilling scene in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, where G o l l u m alternates be- tween the good and evil sides o f his own personality. T h e good side is what remains of his original identity as an innocent hobbit, Smeagol, and it resists temptation heroically, remembering the kindness and h u m a n i t y shown by his master, Frodo. But eventually the wheedling, crafty, evil side that has degenerated into G o l l u m t r i u m p h s w i t h fierce hate and jealousy, reversing the power balance w i t h i n the character. T h e p o l a r i t y o f the character h a d been aligned towards hope for Gollum's salvation; now it is aligned to the certainty that he will betray the
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