Suicide in Middle Earth

[LúthienTinúviel]

Ah! I said a while back that I thought I read somewhere in the Sil that death was actually a gift given to Men by Ilúvatar. It turns out I was not crazy, but right.

For it was not permitted to the Valar to withhold death from him (Beren), which is the gift of Ilúvatar to Men.

The Silmarillion Chapter 19 -end

So this would lend itself to the theory that perhaps the "suicide" of elves was less of a negative, extinguishing action, but rather the seizing of a gift naturally denied them. I don't know. Perhpas this helps a little.