What was Morgoth's purpose with Hurin (besides having him expose Turgon and Gondolin)? If he desired to mar and embitter the greatest warrior of men, then he did so.
This question is almost as slippery as that scene in Starwars in which Luke is fighting Darth Vadar. He isn't sure if he's supposed to love or to hate Vadar in order to defeat him because Vadar hates, and to hate him back would be to empower and strengthen him. Maybe setting Hurin on the path of revenge and bitterness was Morgoth's purpose, in which case Hurin was defeated by his own tenacity.
I might be reading too much into this entirely, but it's just an idea. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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"'You," he said, "tell her all. What good came to you? Do you rejoice that Maleldil became a man? Tell her of your joys, and of what profit you had when you made Maleldil and death acquainted.'" -Perelandra, by C.S. Lewis
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