Voldemort's Quest for Immortality (What Drives You Know Who)

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Oh come on everybody. JKR is the queen of names. Names have 
significance.

Vol - steal/thief

de = of

Mort = death

Cheater of death

It's about death, .....well immortality (absence/cheating of death)

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Brenda M." 
<Agent_Maxine_is at h...> wrote:
> >>> Me before: I would say his motivation is even more simple: 
POWER 
> > (1) be almighty powerful, so no one will think of desert him 
like 
> > his father once did
> > (2) eliminate anything/anyone that stands in his path to power
> > (3) enjoy the power as long as possible, hence quest for 
immortality
> >
> >>> Dungrollin replied: Absolutely – didn't mention it because I 
> thought it kind of went without saying. <<<
> 
> 
> Bren now:
> 
> Well, yes of course. But my point was that Voldemort's greatest 
> ambition was POWER and everything else (purity of blood, Harry, 
> immortality...) came from it. IMO those are merely different means 
to 
> achieve power, not necessarily his motivations.
> 
> 
> >>> Dungrollin:
> > Why does he choose the name Voldemort while he's still at school?
> >  
> > If he has no thoughts of immortality, but is just being the heir 
of 
> > Slytherin and hating mudbloods, then it's a happy coincidence 
that 
> > the name goes so well with his later `goal – to conquer death.'
> 
> 
> Brenda:
> 
> Well I have no idea how he chose his 'screen name', but it could 
have 
> been as *simple* as this:
> 
> Tom Marvolo Riddle: 'OK, so I want a new terrifying name. Will 
> include "Lord" 'cause I wanna be almighty powerful.'
> 
>      LORD ... [t,m,m,a,v,o,o,r,i,d,l,e]
> 
> After many tries to arrange the leftovers, he says: 'How about "I 
am 
> Lord..." ??'
> 
>      I AM LORD ... [t,m,v,o,o,r,d,l,e]
> 
> I won't be surprised if he searched for cool and frightening 
sounds 
> in the library. Heck, if I wanted a new name for my future Evil 
> Overlord regime I would! <g>
> 
> I have no clue whether he chose Voldemort for its meaning, or he 
just 
> thought it sounded foreign and scary. Maybe he taught himself 
French 
> from the library, maybe not. Who knows. Hermione is familiar with 
> French but she also went to France for vacation. Tom Riddle didn't 
> have that money...
> 
> 
> > Sure, but if he's getting people onside by reviving
> > Pure-Bloodism, 
> > why name the group `Death Eaters'?  Why not something more in-
> > keeping with the purity-of-blood-obsessed followers of the Heir 
of 
> > Slytherin?
> > 
> > I suspect that the immortality-quest is a much greater part of 
the 
> > story than we have so far seen, and plus JKR's hint that we 
should 
> > be wondering what he did to make sure he didn't die adds up to

> 
> 
> Hmm, that is a good point. There's also that "Morsmordre" for 
casting 
> Dark Mark onto sky, which roughly means 'Death to bite/eat' 
according 
> to Lexicon. Why "Death Eaters" indeed. Why not "Blood Purifiers" 
> or "Mud Purgers"?? <giggles>
> 
> Voldemort is afraid of death, everyone knows that. Perhaps this is 
> the unresolved trauma as a result of his mother's death? He 
wouldn't 
> have been at the orphanage if she was alive (or so he/we assume). 
> Also it could be that he viewed immortality as the symbol of 
greatest 
> power. After all, who is more powerful than someone who can dodge 
> bullets... I mean Avada Kedavra? You will never lose in a battle.
> 
> Or here is an out-there thought that features coward!Voldy... 
Perhaps 
> Voldy is afraid of what comes after death. The "next great 
adventure 
> for those who are ready"... it could be something utterly 
frightening 
> and destructive for Voldemort. Thus he desperately attempts to 
never 
> arrive there.
> 
> Just my two cents.
> 
> 
> Brenda