Burning The Ships

[Lindale]

Originally Posted by mormegil

Feanor only knew one thing; get the silmarils no matter what the cost. His lust had rendered him so blind that if you had even one complaint against you he was willing to let you die. He is, in my opinion, similar to Cain from the Bible. He was the responsible for the first elf on elf killing and now that these Noldor were perceived to be of no use to him he left them to die. He deemed they would die too.

I agree.

Also, when had Feanor not acted harshly and unjustly when he's so mad? I do not think he was humane enough to feel pity for those he wanted to leave, not after he slew some of the Teleri.