[HPforGrownups] V's fears - Movie fears

[Susan Hall]

No: HPFGUIDX 22135

Amy said

>So I imagine that his mortality is weighing on him very heavily when
once again he can't kill Harry with a simple Avada Kedavra, and when
>the echoes start whispering sweet somethings into his ear.  I can't
imagine that Voldemort is remotely prone to remorse or guilt, so I
>agree, the things they are whispering to him speak to his fear.  Maybe
just "you really don't seem to be able to kill this Harry Potter, do
>you?  He's going to be your downfall . . . "

At the end of PoA there was a clear echo of Shakespeare's Richard III in the
Chapter called "Cat, Rat and Dog".  IMHO, this is a second clear echo, in
GoF, of the scene in  the play, on the eve of the fatal battle, where the
ghosts of Richard's victims come and visit him sequentially in his tent and
tell them what they think of him; they also visit Richmond, his enemy, and
give him encouragement.  In RIII they are certainly speaking to his fear
(and implying that as even those who have already died are fighting for his
enemy he is not going to be able to hold his living supporters to his cause,
either)

Susan