'I pass the test,' she said. 'I will diminish, and go into the West, and remain Galadriel. What does it mean, what on Earth is she saying and why uses she these exact words and not some others? Are there no better words to describe the exact meaning what is hidden here? Is it anything "hidden"? Does "hidden" have a wider meaning here where all seem to collapse in a singularity, which resides in the ring itself, an unsurmountable evil which presents itself as a source of enlightenment and power?
Definitly so, Galadriel herself, as she hides in an "incognito"- her usual self - she remains the hidden one and thus, victor: the power of lowliness and the power of humility is greater than that of the quasi-allmight she could have reached by owning the Ring of Power. Galadriel is ancient and old and old and ancient - if there is one worthy to wear the ring, she would be the one and she represents the good. By her transformation she ACCEPTS the ring to test her, to feel the ring, to be a dark mistress for a moment - than by rejecting the ring she exposes once again the true nature of evil. No one is incorruptabe, evil must be dealt with, cannot be cowed and used by the "good ones", it corrupts the "good". Evil is evil and retains its very nature. Galadriel's pool mirrors her evil self, her possible evil incarnation, or more precisely the evil which could incarnate through her. With great power comes great responsability. Galadriel goes to West and her evil possibility, her never-to-be appareance, the Dark Mistress, goes with her. A reminiscence reality. Never to be.
