Lady Aredhel is definitely not your typical elf. It's more interesting the fact that it's a woman. I have always wondered how come didn't the other elves in Gondolin, even Turgon, to never leave the city, didn't they get bored?
Yes, Aredhel desires seems trivial compared tot he whole picture but how can any one blame a person for being booooored of being in one place for so long, maybe it was a little touch of the Doom of Mandos.
As someone has mentioned before me, the marriage between her and Eöl, was not perfect it was more of a mockery of a marriage.
You could also blame for the Fall of Gondolin Thingol, who didn't permit Aredhel to pass through his lands to seek Celegorn.
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Therefore the march-wardens said to Aredhel: 'To the land of Celegorm for which you seek, Lady, you may by no means pass through the realm of King Thingol; you must ride beyond the Girdle of Melian, to the south or to the north. The speediest way is by the paths that lead east from the Brithiach through Dimbar and along the north-march of this kingdom, until you pass the Bridge of Esgalduin and the Fords of Aros, and come to the lands that lie behind the Hill of Himring. There dwell, as we believe, Celegorm and Curufin, and it may be that you will find them; but the road is perilous.'
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Should a woman stayed at home, not necessarily, is it desirable that she does, I think so.