Who uses the name?

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No: HPFGUIDX 24937

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., cynthiaanncoe at h... wrote:
> So far, we know that strong wizards (Dumbledore, Sirius, Harry and 
> Lupin) say Voldemort.  We know that Crouch/Moody, McGonnagle, the 
> Weasleys do not.  I don't remember about Hermione or Snape, and I 
> think Crouch Sr. does.
> 
> But in PoA, Wormtail refuses to use the name in the Shrieking 
Shack, 
> then uses it, then doesn't.  In GoF, I think Wormtail never uses 
the 
> name.  Is this a mistake, or does it show some sort of divided 
> loyalty of Wormtail?
> 
> Cindy 
> ----------------
> "Voldemort, teach me tricks?" [Black] said.
> Pettigrew flinched as though Black had brandished a whip at him.
> 
> <snip>
> 
> "Innocent but scared!" squealed Pettigrew.  "If Voldemort's 
> supporters were after me, it was because I put one of their best 
men 
> in Azkaban -- the spy, Sirius Black!"
> 
> <snip>
> 
> Pettigrew:  "The Dark Lord . . . <snip> He Who Must Not Be Named 
> forced me -- "


I think Peter's waffling in this scene in what name he chooses to use 
for Voldemort may be more of an unconscious indication of his 
desperate scramble to find some common ground with his old friends.  
He has no one's protection, as V. has not regained his power, so 
Peter has no one he can turn to, now that his worst nightmare, an 
angry Sirius Black, is standing in front of him.  Peter's use of "He-
Who-Must-Not-Be-Named" seems to me to be a way to indicate that he's 
just like all the other anti-V people who think of Voldemort as so 
evil that they cannot bear to speak his name.  Of course, Remus and 
Sirius are not buying this routine, and in the course of the 
conversation Peter lets slip the name Voldemort.  Curious that he 
uses it in the phrase "Voldemort's supporters," of which he was one.

I've also always thought it revealing of Peter's character in this 
scene that, even when he's begging for his life, he never expresses 
any sorrow or regret for his actions.  

Marianne