In fact Frodo Baggins Gandalf the Grey and Aragorn each in a remote way embody one of the three aspects of Christs ministry as priest prophet and king Each also undergoes a kind of sacrificial death and rebirth The priestly role belongs to Frodo and he is the sacrificial lamb of Middle earth who bears a burden of terrible evil on behalf of the whole world like Christ carrying his cross Frodos Via Dolorosa or way of sorrows is at the very heart of Tolkiens story just as the crucifixion narrative