Snape vs Quirell

[Juli]

No: HPFGUIDX 122390


Juli wrote:
> 
> 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:
> 
> 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.   

Juli again:
That's quite interesting, but if Snape is truly
helping Voldemort get back his power, then how come it
is Quirell who dies at the end and DD and Hagrid tell
Harry that Snape is the good guy. I don't believe
Snape is evil or helping Voldemort in any way.

> 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.

But Harry does NOT suspect Quirrell, from day one he
was convinved that Snape was the bad guy, he even
encourage other students to treat him better and he
smiled to him every time they met.

>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?


Professor Quirrell, in his absurd turban, was talking
to a teacher with greasy black hair, a hooked nose,
and sallow skin. It happened very suddenly. The
hook-nosed teacher looked past Quirrell's turban
straight into Harry's eyes -- and a sharp, hot pain
shot across
the scar on Harry's forehead.
(PS/SS Ch7 The Sorting Hat)

I guess you mean the movie, but Snape looks at Harry
through Quirrell's turban, it's pretty much the same.

Juli