re: Frodo at the end of ROTK

I think a mythology textbook describes it perfectly. I got about halfway through the first time I tried to read it. But since I've finished the entire thing I still find myself going back and re-reading parts to gain a better understanding. I've never made any of those connections like you did, though. So I think I'm going to have to go back and read it again this summer and think about the stories in different contexts. You've given great input. Always glad to see Tolkien fans on this board!

I don't remember Galadriel trying to attack Frodo so I can't help you with that one.

I do think that she was at least equal to Elrond. He ruled Rivendell and she and her husband ruled the area the Fellowship took refuge in after they went through Moria and Gandalf fell.

To be honest though, her husband always seemed to strike me as something of a cuck. Seemed like she called the shots.

She did bear a ring but not the one ring. In the movie she realized that if she accepted the one ring, which Frodo offered her, she would become corrupted in her own way and so declined it.

She was older - more powerful than Elrond as one of the Noldor that came back to middle-earth in the war for the Silmarils. She also has one of three Elvish rings that Sauron was never able to spoil/curse.
Elrond had the ring of knowledge, Galadriel had the ring of adamant(resistance to age/decay)ie - Lothlorien, and Gandalf, via Círdan the Shipwright (grey havens), the ring of fire. "I am servant of the secret fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass."

In fact, by the time the Third Age ended Galadriel was the second oldest known elf in Middle Earth (Cirdan had first place by a wide margin) and due to her teachings in Valinor and Doriath was one of the most powerful beings to still walk the land.

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Also, wasn't a lot of his own power put into it?

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He put all of his power into it. He masked himself as a benevolent spirit named Annatar, Lord of Gifts. He showed the Noldorin eleven smiths of Eregion on how to forge the rings of power. He convinced them to make 3 for the remaining Noldorin Kings in Middle Earth, Seven for the Dwarven Lords, and 9 for the kings of men.

He put all of his power into the one ring, with the intent of being able to control all the lords and effectively the 3 noble races of Middle Earth. However as soon as he put on the ring, he revealed his true intentions to the Elves and thus started the War of the Ring.

The problem Sauron had with doing this though, was that by putting so much of himself into the one ring, he needed to be wearing it all times or his power was greatly diminished, such as he could not take physical form. With the ring on he could control the others however.

That is why he is a more of a shadow of malice after Isildur cut the one ring from his hand. The One ring contains so much of his power however that it can still control the other rings and is always searching for a way back to Sauron.