Imperious Curse

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No: HPFGUIDX 40834


I agree with what Eileen said (posted below).  The main reason Crouch 
taught resistance of Imperious was that it was essential that Crouch 
played a realistic Moody, and that meant copying any quirky things he 
might do in particular as the real Moody's friends (i.e. Dumbledore) 
would spot faults in these.  Eileen (again, the relevant section is 
below) also said that Moody was 'fascinatd' with Imperious.  This is 
very true.  I might also like to add that whatever Crouch's views on 
the Dark Arts were, he had suffered directly as a result of the 
Imperious curse.  He was forced to live for over a decade without 
free thought - he knew from personal experience how horrific that 
was.  He's still very much a bad guy, but the whole experience would 
probably change his politics about using Imperious a little.  He 
would think that being able to resist the Imperious curse was useful 
for anybody, no matter which side they were on.

 Hailey

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:

> > I know that this has been discussed, so please please point me to 
> > the correct thread, if there is one devoted to this.  
> > 
> > If Crouch! Moody is Barty Jr. and working for Voldemort (which we 
> > know he is),  why does he teach Harry to throw off the Imperious 
> > curse in DADA class?  I have always wondered about this.  Does he 
do 
> > it because he is, as the DADA teacher, expected to do that? In my 
> > eyes, he seems to really be excited about Harry being the only 
one 
> > to be able to throw it off.  Why is that?  Any comments or 
> > suggestions?  In GoF it says "Moody had insisted on putting Harry 
> > through his paces four times in a row, until Harry could throw 
off 
> > the curse entirely." (page 232, US)  Why did he do this?  Any 
> > insight would be much appreciated...
> > 
> > Alora


> 1. Crouch Jr. is fascinated with the Imperius curse, and theability 
> to resist it.
> 
> 2. It shouldn't have made any difference, anyway. The plan wasn't 
for 
> Voldemort to Imperius Harry, but to kill him.
> 
> 3. Crouch was trying to be a realistic Moody.
> 
> 4. Crouch missed his real vocation: teaching.
> 
> I see #2 and #3 as the justifications he offered to himself and #1 
and #4 as the underlying reasons.
> 
> Eileen