Werther's just suicide.

Werther is an interesting case study. He shows all of the signs of rationality and yet none of them. The populace have a bad habit of labeling suicidal people as maniacs but, at least in this case, the suicide could be argued to be the correct action for Werther.
What this comes down to, is beliefs. The beliefs that no one can "fix" or determine to be right or wrong. It was beliefs that can not be argued which led Werther to the conclusion that suicide was the only solution. I am going to use several quotes from several very random people throughout this case study simply because much of what i wish to say is best said in the words of others. That said, Werther suffered from a few flaws inherent in every being of mankind. First, “You can close your eyes to the things you do not want to see, but you cannot close your heart to the things you do not want to feel,”(unknown author). Second, “The one who loves you will make you weep,” (Argentine Proverb). Werther's final flaw hides in a question which Werther himself proposed; "Must it so be that whatever makes man happy must later become the source of his misery?".
Next, I will follow Werther's train of thought to see if I can find any trace of an incorrect statement which led to his downfall. Werther loved Lotte with all of his soul (This is the only mistake that I could find with his logic). Lotte would have loved Werther with all of her soul but she was already in love with her husband. Werther found her husband to be quite a nice fellow and so, could not bring himself to hate the man. Werther could not bear the pain of seeing Lotte with another man, naturally. He left, understandably. However, he could not bear the pain of being away from Lotte for very long, naturally. He came back, understandably. Unfortunately, that leaves him right back where he started with having to deal with seeing them together. Lotte, and the church, led Werther to believe that after death Werther would be reunited with the love of his life and everything would be merry in heaven. With this in mind, Werther began to think about the purpose of life. If the purpose of life is to love and be loved in return, then he could not complete that purpose as long as Albert (Lotte's husband) was alive and loving Lotte. If the purpose of life was to be happy then he could not complete that purpose as long as Lotte was with Albert. Now, since life was so painful and since he could not be with Lotte until after either the death of himself or the death of Albert based on his beliefs, he came to the conclusion that he would rather be the merciful man and allow Albert to live his life. Werther saw his own death as a way to free Albert and Lotte from himself. Without Werther in Lotte's life, she could grow with Albert to a ripe old age and if Lotte killed herself because of what Werther did, then that would just mean that Lotte and Werther would be together quicker. Werther came to a valid conclusion through a series of steps which followed his religious beliefs and the pain that he was feeling. I do not believe that I could have helped Werther because his suicide is understandable and just in my mind.