Is Voldemort scared of death?

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--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Hollydaze" <hollydaze at b...> wrote:
> I am of the opinion that LV is actually scared of death. This is
especially due to that famous line from Dumbledore, "to the well
organised mind, death is but the next great adventure". I am sure
that this line is important to the books not only because it is in
the first book (which seems to foreshadow the whole series,) but also
because it is one of those "philosophical" lines that JK seems to pop
in every so often that seem to have a lot of meanings beyond the
"obvious" one, even if we don't know them all straight away. I think
this line doesn't just deal with Nicholas Flammel but is also to do
with Voldemort. 
> 
> This explanation also fits with Voldemort's name (the "thief of
death" or "flight from death") that has been sited so often, if he is
scared of death then he is running from it in trying to gain
immortality before his time runs out, reflecting both meanings, both
flying from death and cheating death if he (partially) gains
immortality.

Yes, I think V fears death. I also suspect it is the case for all the
DE's.  V may  even recruit DE's with the promise of immortality.  In
the Shack scene, Peter says V would have killed him if he had not
cooperated. So,  PP at least,  fears  death.

Could it be that Snape *did* fear death, but somehow got over it?  If
fear of death is  what drives the DE's and Snape no longer fears it,
then of course Dumbldore is right to trust him.  Perhaps his 
experience was like Harry's in CoS, where Harry thinks he's  dying
and it's not so bad.

So, to get back into V's good graces to continue spying for D,  Snape
needs to convince V that he's afraid of death.  I figure Snape and V
have spent some Qulity time together over a few Cruciacius curses, 
at the end  of GoF.

Tex