Voldemort in the Mirror of Erised

[Laura Klotz]

Katie wrote:
>In the final scene with Quirrell and the stone, I seem to remember that
we see Voldemort as 
>reflected in the Mirror of Erised.  Quirrell is facing Harry, and thus
Harry (and us, the viewers) are seeing 
>Voldemort in the mirror.  But, knowing how the mirror works, this would
not be the case.  Is this how others 
>remember it? Why didn't they just have Quirrell put his back to Harry?

You have to remember that the Mirror of Erised works just like an
ordinary mirror as well as the window into your soul.  You have to be
looking *directly* into your own reflection to see your heart's desire;
otherwise you'll see just a regular reflection.  (Like when Harry was
trying to show Ron his parents -- Ron said "I only see us" and Harry told
him to "stand here and look in properly.")  So the bit with us seeing
Voldemort in the mirror is technically okay.  As to not having Quirrell
turn his back on Harry, I suspect that it was easier (how exactly, I
don't know) for the special effects people to CGI Voldie's face in the
mirror than straight on.  I'm not sure why that would be, but I know very
little about special effects, so that's really just a guess.  Perhaps, in
a storyline sense, Voldemort didn't want Quirrell to take his eyes off of
Harry, so he could be prepared to stop him if he tried to escape or do
something drastic.

~Laura K.
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