Source of LV's evil nature

gelite67 gelite67 at yahoo.com
Sun Sep 19 18:05:52 UTC 2004


No: HPFGUIDX 113381

-Angie wrote > I've thought about DD's comment to Harry in SS that 
men have 
> wasted 
> > away in front of the Mirror of Erised, and have even gone mad.  
Is 
> is 
> > possible that Tom Riddle discovered the mirror and saw his 
family, 
> > the way that Harry did? 

Sewabear wrote:
> But then how come LV & Quirrell had difficulty in working the 
mirror 
> in the end of PS? I recall Quirrell asking Harry what he sees in 
the 
> mirror.
> 

Angie replies:

Good point about Quirrel, but remember, there was a special obstacle 
to getting the stone, thanks to DD.  Quirrell had no difficulty 
seeing himself holding the stone (normal mirror operation), he just 
couldn't get it.

Sewabear wrote
> And if the mirror caused Riddle's madness, why wouldn't DD have it 
> destroyed? At the very least, he wouldn't leave it around Hogwarts. 
> I think he intended for Harry to find the mirror and how could DD 
be 
> so sure of Harry's response to the it if it had turned Riddle mad 
> before?

Angie replies:

I guess DD wouldn't blame the mirror for that -- why destroy the 
mirror because Riddle chose not to use it properly?  Of course he 
meant for Harry to find the mirror; that's why he gave him the 
Invisibility Cloak, in my opinion.  Maybe DD couldn't be sure what 
Harry's response would be, but I think perhaps he placed great faith 
in the fact that the Sorting Hat placed Harry in Gryffindor, not 
Slytherin.  And I think DS knew that Harry was very, very, different 
in nature from Riddle.  Plus, of course, DD stepped in and stopped 
Harry's visits to the mirror.  Which would lead me to ask why he 
didn't stop Riddle?  Now I have a headache!





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