Mirror of Erised (was: About the gleam of triumph...)

[kenney]

No: HPFGUIDX 58933

yellows at aol.com wrote:
Quirrell wanted the stone so that LV could use it. Did he want 
it for himself at all? If he didn't want to use it himself, why 
wouldn't he be able to find the stone right away?

Patricia Bullington-McGuire <patricia at obscure.org> wrote

Even if Quirrel did not intend to produce the elixir of life for his 
own use, he still wanted to get the stone and present it to Lord 
Voldemort to curry favor with his master.  So he *did* want to use 
the stone (to improve his standing with LV), just not for its most 
obvious purpose (living forever).  What he wants to use it for is 
irrelevant; that he wants to use it at all is what matters.  Because 
he wanted to use the stone for something, he could not get it out of 
the mirror.

The Key of Kenney:

I agree. It seems that Harry, unlike Quirrel: wanted to STOP someone 
from finding the stone. His deepest disire was to find the stone 
before Quirrel, while Quirrel's deepest desire was to present the 
stone to Voldemort; he says so in the book while commenting on what 
he sees in the mirror (we all know the books now, so you really dont 
need a quote).

This line of logic really stumped me for some time, like most of the 
books, my logic doesn't sink in untill the second or third reading.

>From the Key of Kenney
Who, like Dobby: must poke mr Harry Potter, sir, if he is to wake up, 
sir!