Nikko, the only thing I can compare this to is with Aulë when he created the dwarves. They were like machines that could only move when he made them move and Eru pointed this out to him.
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Originally Posted by Of Aulë and Yavanna
thou has from me as a gift thy own being only, and no more; and therefore the creatures of thy hand and mind can live only by that being, moving when thou thinkest to move them, and if thy thought be elsewhere, standing idle.
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In Myths Transformed from Morgoth's Ring, Manwë and Melkor look at each other:
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Both are amazed: Manwë to perceive the decrease in Melkor as a person; Melkor to perceive this also from his own point of view: he has now less personal force than Manwë, and can no longer daunt him with his gaze.
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In Of the Coming of the Elves there is a passage that says Melkor cannot create life or its semblence.
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naught that had life of its own, nor the semblence of life, could ever Melkor make since his rebellion in the Ainulindalë before the Beginning.
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There is another passage where it discusses what Melkor did with the Elves he had captured. He bred orcs from them via "slow arts of cruelty".