"Dead" Troll - Voldemort as stupid Evil Overlord

[Jim Ferer]

No: HPFGUIDX 21533

Rita:"Zarleycat wrote: For that matter, why not assign a DE to go to 
Hogwarts and kill Harry outright?'
The fake Moody was well positioned to kill Harry all school year,
possibly under cover of one of the Tasks."

You could say this is related to what Roger Ebert, the film critic, 
calls "The Fallacy of the Talking Killer", having to do with murderers 
who by gloating give the hero enough time to get out of whatever jam 
he's in. In tis case, though, Voldemort wanted Harry alive for his 
little revival ritual. A dead Harry wouldn't be any good.