[HPforGrownups] Digest Number 895

[Danette Schardt-Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 19116

Catherine wrote:

>The other thing that concerns me about this whole
episode is 
>Dumbledore's rationale behind getting the stone from
the mirror.  It 
>doesn't make sense.  He says to Harry, "You see, only
one who wanted 
>to find the stone - find it, but not use it - would
be able to get 
>it, otherwise they'd just see themselves making gold
or drinking 
>Elixir of Life."  
>But Quirrel doesn't see himself making gold or
drinking Elixir of 
>Life - he sees himself finding the stone and
presenting it to his 
>master.  So why didn't this work for him?

It's possible in this case that it didn't work because
Voldemort was a part of Quirrel at this point and
Voldemort DID want to use the stone therefore he was
not able to retrieve the stone from the mirror.

Danette



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