Harry's dream in PS/SS

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 139087

Christina:
> (PS, page 130)
> 
> "Perhaps Harry had eaten a bit too much, because he had a very strange
> dream.  He was wearing Professor Quirrell's turban, which kept talking
> to him, telling him he must transfer to Slytherin at once, because it
> was his destiny.  Harry told the turban he didn't want to be in
> Slytherin; it got heavier and heavier; he tried to pull it off but it
> tightened painfully - and there was Malfoy, laughing at him as he
> struggled with it - then Malfoy turned into the hook-nosed teacher,
> Snape, whose laugh became high and cold - there was a burst of green
> light and Harry woke, sweating and shaking.
> 
> "He rolled over and fell asleep again, and when he woke next day, he
> didn't remember the dream at all."

Ceridwen:
Obviously, the turban represents Voldemort.  Now I'm wondering some 
things.  I haven't read PS/SS in a while, but didn't Draco try to cozy 
up to Harry at first (he insulted Ron, which was *not* the way to go 
about it) - could that have been directed, instructed or suggested by 
Voldemort, who wanted Harry to have nearly the same experiences he had, 
in order to coax him over to LV's side?..

Of course, the turban could also represent the Sorting Hat and its 
suggestion that he would do well in Slytherin, with a Voldemort twist 
added in, for obvious reasons.

And, as Harry grows older, the turban grows tighter - his true destiny 
gets closer.

As of HBP, Malfoy is tasked to kill Dumbledore and bring Dementors into 
Hogwarts.  Snape is the one who actually did kill Dumbledore.  But I'm 
not betting on this dream in 1 presaging the reality in 6.  Malfoy is 
the boy, Snape is the man (since Harry doesn't know Lucius at this 
time), they're both, at least according to Voldemort, on LV's side...

"...whose laugh became high and cold - there was a burst of green
> light..."

Voldemort is the high, cold laugh right before the burst of green 
light.  This is memory.

IMO.

Ceridwen.