Possession

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No: HPFGUIDX 89987

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "thetruthisoutthere_13" 
<free_lunch_club at h...> wrote:
> 
> If Voldemort is in fact possessed by some evil spirit and not acting 
> under his free will, then Rowling's villian is acting contrary to 
> her main points in the book of making good choices and doing what is 
> right, not easy. Unless, of course, Voldemort chose to be possessed 
> by true evil, and that chose would have to be a conscious choice and 
> not blind seduction.
> 

Not quite what I'm suggesting.
What we call Voldemort is not  just Tom Riddle gone bad, IMO.
I think that Voldemort is the evil spirit that possessed Tom Riddle.
DD suspects that Tom is in there somewhere and is appealing to Tom 
to try and break free. 
That allows Tom the choice you'd like to see; submit to evil or fight
against it.

Kneasy