Le suicide

[Elendil]

Faut que je file à la poste, mais je pense que oui. D'ailleurs, Tolkien a longuement exploré le sujet dans divers manuscrits. Et je pense qu'il désapprouvais non seulement l'attitude de Míriel (et donc toute action d'auto-destruction) mais qu'il avait des sentiments ambigus envers le remariage des veufs, comme en témoigne les paroles de Manwë à Elwë :

MR, p. 260

Then Manwe called Finwe to him, and said: 'Thou hast heard the doom that has been declared. If Miriel, thy wife, will not return, your marriage is ended, and thou hast leave to take another wife. But this is permission, not counsel. For the severance cometh from the marring of Arda; and those who accept this permission accept the marring, whereas the bereaved who remain steadfast belong in spirit and will to Arda Unmar-red. This is a grave matter upon which the fate of many may depend. Be not in haste!'

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But Mandos said: 'It is not lawful for the Valar to constrain the Dead to return'; and he summoned the spirit of Miriel to appear before him. 'Thy will must rule in this matter, spirit of Miriel, once wife of Finwe,' he said. 'In Mandos thou shalt abide. But take heed! Thou art of the Quendi, and even if thou refuse the body, thou must remain in Arda and within the time of its history. The Eldar are not as the Valar. Their spirits are less strong to stand than thou deemest. Do not wonder, then, if thy will should change in time, and this doom which thou takest upon thyself become grievous to thee. Yea, and to many others!'

Désolé pour l'absence de trad', but gotta go...