Voldemort *inside* Harry's head (mind)? (Was: Re: Wanting or presenting: Was: Sn

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 93541

Laura pointed out:
Actually, Harry *always* hears Voldemort's voice in his head when 
Dementors are near--as making people relive their "worst memories" is
what Dementors *do*. Pre-GoF, Harry's worst memory was his mother's
death. Post-GoF, it was the Graveyard Scene. In both cases, Harry
heard Voldemort's voice reciting lines from those instances.

Maus responded: 
However in the GoF graveyard Voldemort does not continue with the 
words: "it might even be painless... I would not know... I have never 
died." In GoF Voldemort actually repeats his command to bow and goes 
on to say: "And now you face me, like a man..." The voice Harry hears 
during the Dementor attack in OotP certainly is not a literal 
replaying of this scene. 
 
Carol supports Laura:
While it's true that the Dementor's replay of the graveyard encounter
is not quite as it happened, LV did say the words "it might even be
painless," etc. They occur later in the duel, after he has Imperio'd
Harry, trying to make him say that he didn't want to be Crucio'd
again, and Harry has fought off the spell. Harry shouts, "I WON'T!" LV
tries to Crucio him again and Harry throws himself on the ground to
dodge the spell, and LV begins his "We are not playing hide-and-seek"
speech, which ends, "Come out, Harry . . . come out . . . come out and
play, then. . . it will be quick . . . it might even be painless. . I
would not know . . .I have never died . . . ." (GoF Am. ed. 662,
ellipses in original).

So as Laura indicated, the Dementor *is* replaying Harry's new worst
memory, the graveyard scene, omitting some dialogue between "Bow to
death, Harry," and "it might even be painless," but nevertheless
causing Harry to relive the worst moments of the worst memory (or to
relive the worst memory in its essence rather than scene-by-scene). 

Whatever the significance of the other voices in Harry's head (IMO, at
least one is his conscience or better self), this scene is a clear-cut
instance of a Dementor making Harry relive a terrible memory and not
of LV himself, or the spirit of LV, speaking as a voice in Harry's mind.

Carol