Quirrell

[Feng Zengkun]

No: HPFGUIDX 117607


khinterberg:

>It has always bothered me that in the last chapter of PS/SS Quirrell
>says Voldemort's name.
>
>"Tried to frighten me--as though he could, when I had Lord Voldemort
>on my side..."   p290 U.S. pb
>
>And then again on the next page:
>
>"A foolish young man I was then, full of ridiculous ideas about good
>and evil.  Lord Voldemort showed me how wrong I was."
>
>Why, when Death Eaters won't even say his name, can a young professor
>with Vapormort on the back of his head say it without any sign of fear
>whatsoever?  There is no "Dark Lord" business, no trace of a cringe or
>sign on pain...what, frankly, is the deal?


zk: 

It struck me that it's Voldemort speaking through Quirrell, and not 
actually Quirrell speaking. The tone of what Quirrell says is exactly the 
tone Voldemort uses when the latter speaks, and (although I could be wrong) doesn't Voldemort refer to himself in the third person in other instances? I don't have the book with me at the moment, but I think Voldemort says (paraphrasing) 'Lord Voldemort is kind/generous, he will forgive' or something like that. I think it was the graveyard scene in GoF? Damn it. Can someone supply the quote (if there is one)?