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Originally Posted by Urwen
One committed suicide, the other was murdered.
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'Murder' usually implies you're not in the middle of trying to kill your murderer...
They both died by getting into a fight at the top of a cliff and winding up going over the edge.
The biggest difference, really, is that Gollum
didn't go over to the Enemy. He gave up information under torture, but remained a free agent afterwards. Maeglin, meanwhile, not only didn't need to be tortured, but ended up actively working to weaken Gondolin for Morgoth's attack.
hS