Poetic justice (was: The DADA jinx and its victims.)

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 138076

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...>
wrote:
<Big Snips>
> Quirrell is killed by the mechanism I've described, he is also, like
> all the other DADA professors, a victim of the DADA jinx (which
> appears, actually, to be a rather sinister curse considering the
> grim fates of the DADA teachers we've seen so far). I would even go
> so far as to say that Quirrell is killed either by the will of
> Voldemort acting through the DADA curse, or by the curse itself,
> which seems to
> have taken on a life or mind of its own. (Mr. Weasley warns us about
> objects that seem able to think for themselves. What about an
> abstract entity like a class that destroys everyone who teaches it?)

<More Snippage>

> It's only a matter
> of time (a three-term school year, of course) before Auirrell fails
> his master again and meets his doom. Voldemort and the curse operate
> in tandem, whether Voldemort consciously wills it or not, to bring
> Quirrell down, to utterly and permanently destroy him. His loyalty
> means nothing to Voldemort, who cares no more about his followers
> than about his enemies.

Amiable Dorsai:
Heh.  So, once more, it can be argued, Voldemort has sown the seeds of
his own destruction.  The curse he placed on the DADA position was his
undoing as much as Harry was.  

This is a theme Rowling likes, apparently--Voldy made Harry the
"Chosen One" by his own choice, that Halloween night.  Lockhart
destroyed himself with his own favorite spell.  James' and Sirius'
feud with Snape arguably led to their dooms.... Any further examples?
 I can think of a few more, but I'd like some other opinions.

Amiable Dorsai