The Lord of the Rings What does Saruman symbolize within the story? Asked by MHood2 11 years ago 5/25/2014 9:16 AM Last updated by anonymous 11 years ago 5/26/2014 1:17 PM
Saruman symbolizes the misguided intellectual and scientist. While he may get a good idea originally he can also think of bad ideas and rationalize whey it is okay to do them.