Voldemort and the Prophecy Was:Re: Intro pt II: Plotholes and Sirius

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No: HPFGUIDX 71082

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "annemehr" <annemehr at y...> 
wrote:
> What puzzles me now is, why was Voldemort sending Harry 
> dreams about the door almost immediately after resurrecting, if he 
> thought he was going to get at the prophecy some other way at 
> first?   

He wasn't "sending" the dreams at first.  Voldemort was obsessed with 
the prophecy, and Harry started dreaming about the hallway because of 
their connection.  Voldemort was entirely unaware of their connection 
at this point in the storyline.

> If Voldemort was so worried about going to the MoM himself to 
> take the prophecy, why did he go as a snake when he attacked 
> Arthur?

He didn't go AS a snake.  I don't think there is any proof yet that 
Voldemort is an animagus.  He had merely possessed Nagini, and was 
scouting out the place.  Nagini would not have been able to touch the 
prophecy merely because she was being possessed by Voldemort.