 He makes way thereby for Aragorn to become the future king of Gondor, in a manner similar to Virgil's character Turnus.He speaks of using the Ring in the service of Gondor, but his talk of "strength in a just cause" indicates, Tolkien critic Tom Shippey writes, only how matters would begin.He comments that Boromir never quite says "the end justifies the means", though the thought makes his corrupted behaviour entirely believable.