Quirrell's "death" in PS/SS

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No: HPFGUIDX 40310

"Hexicon" <hexicon at y...> wrote:
> Hi:  Longtime lurker, first-time poster. 

I tried to lurk at first, but the temptation to post on my first 
visit was too strong ;-) good to have you with us in written form!


> Was re-reading PS/SS recently and something struck me:  do we 
really 
> know that Quirrell is dead?  In PS/SS 17, Dumbledore 
> says "[Voldemort] left Quirrell to die."  This isn't the same thing 
> as saying, "Voldemort killed Quirrell," or "Quirrell died when 
> Voldemort fled his body," especially given the precision of JKR's 
> prose.  You can "leave someone to die" without its resulting in the 
> person's death.  

I brought this up a little while ago (although I'm not sure if it was 
here or on FAP - there is a deadly!harry thread here and it may be on 
that) and was told that whilst we have no idea that he is dead in 
PS\SS we are informed he is indeed dead GoF.

I'm not sure we are told when or how he died though, Harry just seems 
to cause him burning pain (the quote is something like "he could not 
bear to touch you" from Dumbledore) and I'm not sure that would kill 
him.

One of my pet gripes about the-film-which-must-not-be-named was that 
it seemed to show Harry killing someone without any qualms and with 
no real consequences.  I always preferred the idea that Quirrel was 
hauled off to wizard prison, or stripped of his powers or something 
(I'm not sure we know about Azkaban at this stage).

Please post again,

James (who is being forced to post less by his blessed re-union with 
his canon, but seperation from his magical 10mbps internet link)