Quote from GOF

[Linda]

No: HPFGUIDX 56844

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, 

 jeanico at s... writes:

> > "You stand, Harry Potter, upon the remains of my late father", 
he 
> > hissed softly, "A muggle and a fool...very like your dear 
mother..."
> > I was just reading GOF again to refresh my memory and get ready 
to 
> > move on to OOTP and came across this sentence that Voldemort 
speaks 
> > to Harry in the graveyard. Why does he compare Lily to his 
father? 
> > was Lily a muggle? I thought Harry's parents were a wizard and a 
> > witch. Any thoughts on this? Maybe I am just not understanding 
the 
> > quote properly.
 
 
           Me:
             V does not say that Lily is exactly like his father-
just "very like" him. I don't think the use of the word muggle is 
being applied to Lily at all here. V thinks of Lily as a mudblood.
Pg 321 POA -" You'll be back with your dear Mudblood mother soon, 
Harry..." I also think that in a way, his hatred of mudbloods is 
just as strong if not stronger than his hatred of muggles. His 
hatred of muggles stems from his father- the rejection of him and 
his mother for what they are. IMHO, he hates mudbloods even more 
because that's what he is and he deperately is denying that 
(unsuccessfully)to himself. He hates what he is and as a consequence 
hates anyone who reminds him of that. 

           BTW, while I'm on Tom Riddle's comments from POA, he and 
Harry are not both half-bloods. "Both half-bloods, orphans, raised 
by muggles." (pg 317) Harry is a half-blood; born of one pure blood 
parent and one muggle born parent. Riddle is a mudblood as his 
father was a muggle. Is the sixteen year old Riddle already in 
denial in that respect? Self loathing could certainly lead to the 
kind of cruelty V displays. In additon to his quest for ultimate 
power, V, IMO is trying to asctively kill the part of himself that 
he hates that he sees all around him.

          Linda - who is sitting here wondering if they give out 
phychology degrees for posting on this board