Harry's Use of Cruciatus curse

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 109944

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ohneill_2001"
<ohneill_2001 at y...> wrote:

> 
> Now Cory:
> 
> I've thought of this possibility as well.  Harry's temperment in 
> general was very disturbing throughout OotP, and the fact that he 
> used an Unforgivable Curse during the final showdown was really the 
> icing on the cake.
 
Asian_lovr2:

Harry has been angry in the other books as well, it's not just limited
to OotP. However, in OotP, he is give much greater reason to be anger
and is therefore appropriately angry. First, he's ignored by everyone
and kept in th dark about what's going on. That in turn is compounded
by his isolation. I still say it would kill anyone to allow Ron and
Hermione to visit him, or for the three to get together for tea on
neutral ground. Just having company and support would have softened
his anger. But that's hindsight.

In any event, when Harry gets Hogwarts he has more than enough
justification for his anger; anger that compounds as his situation
compounds.

Although, I will admit, his anger was a bit 'off-putting'.


> Cory continues:
>
> Another thing that bothered me almost as much, however, was how come 
> his use of Cruciatus went so unnoticed by everyone?  The Ministry 
> seems to know what Harry is doing 24/7; ...but he casts an 
> Unforgivable Curse inside the Ministry building and no one cares?
> 
> Any thoughts?
> 
> --Cory


Asian_lovr2:

I don't think it is Harry who is being monitored, it's Privet Drive
that is being watched. The magic he performs there is magic that is
out of place; it's magic in the Muggle world. There wouldn't be much
point in monitoring magic at the Ministry when magic happens there all
day and all night. It would be monitor overload. 

That said, we don't know that someone won't figure it out. There was
very little time at the end of the book. So, he could easily have to
face it to some degree at the beginning of the next book. If nothing
else, Hermione will give him a good telling off when she finds out.
Or, perhaps Snape will get wind of it and bring the information back
to Dumbledore.

I think Harry will have to face his use of the Cruciatus Curse, but I
think he will have to face it mostly in his conscience and before
Dumbledore. And while there may be some limited degree of legal
inquiry, I don't think Harry will have to face the full force of the
law. I think they will see that he was a kid acting under extreme
emotional distress, and therefore bares limited responsibility. In
addition, I think they have far bigger problems to deal with than
harrassing Harry for a failed curse.

Just a thought.

Steve/asian_lovr2