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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
Or at least he meant to. Didn't really work out fully, but still worked. (
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When you think of Morgoth, think of one motivated and filled more and more by simple hate. Hate, especially, of anything and anyone that he cannot control and rule. That hate, while it hurt many others (including the family of Hurin) also had terrible impact on Morgoth himself. As he spent himself in hate, he lost the ability to alter his form (like the other Valar), became bound more and more to his own subterranean throne (until captured and bound by the host of the West - and expelled from the world), and raised up his own eventual destruction.
Tolkien wrote an interesting prophecy (of Mandos) dealing with the end of the world in which he notes that, in the final battle on the plains of Valinor, Turin will come from the Halls of Mandos and deal to Morgoth his final death and destruction.
That last is especially interesting since Turin is an Atani (man) and so it is significant that he is able to remain in the Halls of Mandos and refuse to leave the world - not just for a short time like Beren, but for the whole remaining history of Arda!! I've always felt that his determination and unwavering resolve to so remain were products of his treatment at the hands of Morgoth. Where his father eventually despaired of life and departed, Turin became so fixed in his determination to BE the "Master of Doom" that he was unwilling to depart. In the end, he became Illuvatar's tool in the final destruction of Morgoth.