Also, though Frodo is a bit like a Jesus/Yeshua figure, there is that inevitable Tolkien Twist; he almost fails in his mission, attempting to claim the ring, as if the New Testament Jesus had given up to The Satan at the end of his quest. He was saved by Gollum in the end; an evil creature corrupted by the ring, and indeed the sacrificial goat of the novel, as Frodo is the scapegoat.