[HPforGrownups] Was Quirrell really a willing participant or struggling against Voldemort ?

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In a message dated 1/2/2004 5:18:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, "vmonte" <vmonte at yahoo.com> writes:
>Sorry this may be a stupid question but was Quirrell a willing 
>follower of Voldemort or was he struggling against the dark side?

I think he was seduced by the Dark Side.  I always think of the movie The Mummy when reading these books -- "It is better to be the right hand of the Devil than in his path."  I think that some of the general supporters of LV were just afraid of him.
 
> <snippity snip snip>

>Is it possible that Quirrell was attempting to fight off Voldemort, 
>but in the end was not able to? 

I thought so.  At the beginning at least.  Not many people *really* want to join the Dark Side (exceptions in the Potterverse being most of Slytherin house).  I don't think Pettigrew was planning on being a Death Eater (speaking of which, he *is* a DE, right?  I just can't see him in the inner circle with Lucius and Co.)  At the end Quirrel might have been a true blue follower of LV.  Dumbledore tells Ginny in CoS that far older and wiser wizards have been tricked by LV (not an exact quote, of course).

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