Crouch's motivation

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> > greatlit2003:
> 
> > Why did Crouch teach Harry to fight off the Imperius curse? He 
> > actually helped Harry stand up to Voldemort.
> > 
 Antosha:
It seems to me you could argue this a couple of ways. First of all, he could simply be 
'getting in to character'--the MoM OK'd Moody's use of Unforgivable Curses, so Crouch!
Moody feels he needs to follow through and actually teach them.

Another way of looking at it is that Crouch may not anticipate that Harry will actually be 
able to throw off the curse--how much easier would everything have been if Harry had 
simply spent the entire 4th year under Crouch's direct control? Whoops--instead Crouch 
has taught Harry an invaluable lesson. (If only Harry had applied himself to the very closely 
related skill of Oclumency the next year! Ah, well...)

Finally--and I think this is the one that fits the book and characters best--Crouch is 
DEEPLY (if not insanely) resentful of his father's abuse of the Imperius curse and extremely 
proud of his own ability to shake that curse off. Remember--it took him a decade to learn 
how to do it. He's got to have a (possibly irrational) desire to share what he's learned.