Contemporary Relevance (Isbah Masood)

Contemporary Relevance (Isbah Masood)

Turin’s destruction was because of his stupidity/foolish actions. He got a little too carried away with his pride and power. Turin was happy and was over confident regarding his battle with Morgoth, turin had planned it all out and had his military prepared early but had them launched too early which lead to the destruction of his own military. Turin believed he was confident at the fact that since he was in power, he thought that his military would be able to beat Morgoths even though Morgoths military was larger and evil. Turin might have had the chance to win the battle but his pride and over confidence allowed him to get carried away which then led to his destruction. Turin`s destruction also took place when Finduilas was captured by Gwindor in Nargothrond, and Turin’s over confidence and pride once again caused for him to be so late which led to Finduilas death. Since Turin was the last man standing, he challenged the dragon and Glaurung, and after stabbing Glaurung in the eye, Turin’s pride made him challenge Glaurung into a death stare and as he looked into the dragon eyes, he got hypnotized and that’s when Glaurung gave him a vision of his mother Morwen and his sister Neinor. The visions mislead Turin and made him believe that his mother and sister were being tortured and were at King Thingol's castle when they werent. These foolish acts of Turin that lead to destruction can be related to our society today. A lot of the times, when we either get too satisfied and over confident over an event or act, we tend to start focusing on the confidence but we don’t think about what could be the outcome and the risks of the act. Turin lost his battle against Morgoth even though he may have won but because of his over confidence and pride, the battle led to his destruction. We see this in our society today because when we happen to get a job, our pride makes us so happy and cocky that we become blinded thinking of the wealth and that’s when we collapse. Turin’s over confidence and pride made him do the challenge which lead him to get hypnotized and mislead by Glaurung. We see this in our society today because when we are confident about a certain thing, we tend to get really arrogant and that can misguide us, arrogance leads us into our own downfall. It was good that Turin was preparing his military against Morgoth, however he made a foolish mistake by having overconfidence and launching his military too early which lead to the destruction of his own military. We can use Turin’s case in our society because it’s always good to plan and organize things out early but nevertheless, we shouldn`t foolishly make our decisions quickly in the act of overconfidence and arrogance.