I don't think that one of the negative points of Tolkien's work is the solid line between good and evil in all his works. I don't think that line was any solider than what it is today! Look at Boromir! He's the perfect example.
If you strip evil down to what it truly is, then it is obviously different than good. Even a child could tell the difference. I don't think strong differences like that are negative qualities. We really need to learn how to separate matters like that today. It would probably help the entire world if it learned how to separate good from evil and follow the "good" path.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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