The so called Smoke Monster can appear as a major threat, or appear friendly, and assume and possesss a dead person. The Smoke Monster's purpose is to guard and protect the island.
When DEAD Alex appeared and threatened BEN, telling him that he had better not harm or kill Locke, that was not really Alex back alive again. Alex is DEAD. Alex's dead body was possessed by the only enity Ben fears, the Smoke Monster, the PROTECTOR of the island.
Whenever DEAD Christian appears and tries to help the ISLAND, the person Christian is really dead. That is Christian's dead body possessed by the Smoke Monster, the protector of the island.
When DEAD Clair or DEAD Charlie appear to anyone, that is their dead body possessed by the Smoke Monster, the protector of the island.
DEAD IS DEAD!
And when we now see DEAD Locke, that is Dead Locke's body, possessed by the Smoke Monster, the protector of the island.
I am certain the Smoke Monster's purpose is to guard and protect the island. I think that is Locke's purpose now too. They are both acting for the same purpose and are one and the same. I do not believe that is the same purpose or goal of Richard or Ben. Richard and Ben come and go from the island. Ben is just seizing any opportunity he can for self gain. Richard is trapped on the island and is an advisor, sort of like a High Priest is to the Pharaoh. Locke will be the new Pharaoah. Richard will be his High Priest. Ben will dies soon.
We saw Jacob plead with Locke, in the cabin, in a sad, depressing desperate moaning voice, "please help me". He was not fully in the material or physical world, like dead Christian, Locke or Charlie are and appear. Jacob is somehow trapped in time or in a demension that we do not now know or understand, and he is being held prisioner by Richard and Ben, surrounded by the cirle of ashes. Locke, or the Smoke Monster in Locke, will set Jacob free somehow by killing him. And Locke will then expose Ben and Richard as manipulators of "the others" survivors of the Black Rock ship, trapped in another demension there.
When DEAD Alex appeared and threatened BEN, telling him that he had better not harm or kill Locke, that was not really Alex back alive again. Alex is DEAD. Alex's dead body was possessed by the only enity Ben fears, the Smoke Monster, the PROTECTOR of the island.
Whenever DEAD Christian appears and tries to help the ISLAND, the person Christian is really dead. That is Christian's dead body possessed by the Smoke Monster, the protector of the island.
When DEAD Clair or DEAD Charlie appear to anyone, that is their dead body possessed by the Smoke Monster, the protector of the island.
DEAD IS DEAD!
And when we now see DEAD Locke, that is Dead Locke's body, possessed by the Smoke Monster, the protector of the island.
I am certain the Smoke Monster's purpose is to guard and protect the island. I think that is Locke's purpose now too. They are both acting for the same purpose and are one and the same. I do not believe that is the same purpose or goal of Richard or Ben. Richard and Ben come and go from the island. Ben is just seizing any opportunity he can for self gain. Richard is trapped on the island and is an advisor, sort of like a High Priest is to the Pharaoh. Locke will be the new Pharaoah. Richard will be his High Priest. Ben will dies soon.
We saw Jacob plead with Locke, in the cabin, in a sad, depressing desperate moaning voice, "please help me". He was not fully in the material or physical world, like dead Christian, Locke or Charlie are and appear. Jacob is somehow trapped in time or in a demension that we do not now know or understand, and he is being held prisioner by Richard and Ben, surrounded by the cirle of ashes. Locke, or the Smoke Monster in Locke, will set Jacob free somehow by killing him. And Locke will then expose Ben and Richard as manipulators of "the others" survivors of the Black Rock ship, trapped in another demension there.
