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From a slightly different angle, it's remarkable how little Beren actually achieves by himself during the quest for the Silmaril; his main talent seems to have been getting himself into trouble, and but for Lúthien and Húan, his bones would have rotted in Tol-in-Gaurhoth. It is she who makes the quest succeed, first by breaking him out of Sauron's prison, then by singing Morgoth to sleep so Beren can cut off the Silmaril - because she loved him anyway, in spite of his shortcomings. Maybe this tells us something about how Tolkien saw himself and his part in their relationship?
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Und aus dem Erebos kamen viele seelen herauf der abgeschiedenen toten.- Homer, Odyssey, Canto XI
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