Snape vs Quirell

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 122367


Juli wrote:

After one Quidditch trainning, Harry follows Snape
into the forbidden forest, the conversation goes
something like this: Quirell is almost crying and
Snape tells him he'd better decide in who's his
loyalty, then the scene is over and Harry is more
convinced than ever that Snape is guilty.

We all know what happens at the end, Harry realizes
it's Quirell who's after the Stone, and he learns that
Voldemort is hiding behind his turban, and Snape was
actually trying to save the Stone -and Harry.

So, my question is if Snape faced Quirell a few times
and told him to stop chasing the Stone, to decide in
whom is his loyalty, then why didn't Voldemort also
know about it? He was already sharing Quirell's body
and soul, so he must have known and heard all their
conversations, right? So how come Snape does not know
that Snape has changed sides? that he is actually
working for the Order and Dumbledore?

vmonte responds:

There is also another scene where Harry hears Quirrell Crying in a 
classroom at school. Later, Quirrell tells Harry that he sometimes 
has trouble doing what Voldemort asks of him. This is also a strange 
scene in my opinion. 

If you're highly suspicious like me, you can read these scenes 
another way. Snape knows from the beginning that Voldemort is inside 
of Quirrell, and he is helping Voldemort. Quirrell is trying to fight 
off Voldemort, and Voldemort has enlisted Snape to keep an eye on him-
-and keep him sedated/drugged, and quiet until Voldemort is strong 
enough to take over Q's body completely.   

Quirrell crying in the classroom is a time when Quirrell was trying 
to fight off Voldemort, but he realizes it's a losing battle. And 
Snape in the forest with Q is another time that Snape is suspicious 
of Q's loyalty to Voldemort.

Granted, it makes no sense what so ever why Q would tell Harry at the 
end of SS/PS that Snape is a good guy. 

What does seem stranger to me is that it is obvious that Snape really 
suspected Quirrell. I think that Snape even suspected that Harry 
suspected Quirrell. Remember the first time Harry sees Snape at the 
beginning of SS/PS? Harry's head begins to burn when he looks towards 
Snape. And Snape immediately looks at the back of Quirrell's head. Or 
am I thinking of the movie?

Vivian